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Physicscatfailinglab
Physicscatfailinglab
Physicscatfailinglab
ThaneMcGrath
Ifacatisrunningandjumpingfrom237footcliffinakiddypoolwe wouldfirstneedtoknowhowfarheisrunningfromwherehestarted runningtotheedgeofthecliff.Thenwehavetofigureouthowlongittook himtoruntotheedgeofthecliff.Afterwehavetofigureouttheaverage speedofhowfastthecatisrunning,wecalculatethevelocityofthecat falling.Tocalculatethevelocityofthecatwetakethedistanceofthecats runandmultiplyitbythetimeittakeshimorhertoreachthecliffedgeso hecanjump.Thenextthingyouwoulddoiscalculatethevelocityofthe catfallingsowecanfindthehangtime.Tofindthehangtimeyouhaveto takethetimeittookthecattoruntothecliffedgeanddivideitby4.9. Whenyougetthatansweryouhavetosquareit.Afteryousquareityou havefiguredoutthehangtimeinseconds.Thefinalstepwehaveto calculateiswheretoputthekiddypoolsothecatwontdie.Todothatyou havetotakethevelocityandmultiplyitbythehangtime.Oncewegetthat numberwemeasurefromthebottomofthecliff,thenumberofunitswe calculatedinthepreviousstep.