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Homework Statement
A long jumper rises 0.5 meters during the flight phase of his jump. His forward velocity is 8 ms. What is the upward velocity?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Vv=Vsin[itex]\vartheta[/itex]
So [itex]\vartheta[/itex] is the unkown
Okay, I did a skectch to work out basic trig, with 8m/s as my H and 0.5m as my 0
using sin[itex]\vartheta[/itex]=o/h, =0.5/8 = 3
Then VV=8Sin3 = 0.38 m/s (which is wrong, but where did I go wrong??