The squirrel jumps horizontally form the top of the 25m tall tree

[Boop de Boop]

HI. I need help with my physics hw. I do not need the answers but need a general guidance on how to solve the problem. Would appreciate it a lot!

 

[phinds]

HI. I need help with my physics hw. I do not need the answers but need a general guidance on how to solve the problem. Would appreciate it a lot!

So, are we supposed to guess what the question is?

 

[Boop de Boop]

No sorry. Here are the questions:
1. A squirrel jumps horizontally from the top of a 25 m tall tree with a speed of 8 m/s. What is the maximum kinetic energy of the squirrel during it`s entire trip down to the ground from the top of the tree?
2.If another squirrel of the same mass jumps straight upward from the ground well enough to get 4m off the ground and then falls back to the ground, what is the kinetic energy in the following locations and time:
a)3m above ground, on the way up
b)2m above ground, on the way down
c)1m above ground, on the way down

 

[sophiecentaur]

Hi and welcome to PF.
PF doesn't provide a simple question and answer service. The way to drive PF is firstly go to the homework section for homework. There is plenty of help available on that forum but you are required to show what you have done towards finding a solution so far. You are bound to have some notes or a textbook which will deal with bodies falling under gravity.
Hint: Whilst it is falling, it will be traveling forward with unchanged speed. Work out how long it will be before it hits the ground and that's the time it's traveling forward. . . . . . .
You can do the sums and/or Google will give you millions of links about trajectories at a school level.

 

[Mark44]

Closed as duplicate of this thread -- https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...tion-regarding-conservation-of-energy.963327/