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Cape Unit One Projectile Motion
Cape Unit One Projectile Motion
1) A stone is thrown horizontally from a cliff 30m high with an initial speed of 20m/s.
How far from the cliff does the stone strike the ground?
2) A ball rolls off the edge of a table 1.44m above the floor and strikes the floor at a
point 2m horizontally from the edge of the table.
3) A golfer hits a ball and gives it an initial velocity of 40 m/s, at an angle of 30º above the
horizontal.
b) How far horizontally (the range) does the ball travel before hitting the ground?
4) A cat jumps off a table which is 1.5 m high. If the initial velocity of the cat is 10 m/s, at
an angle of 37º above the horizontal, how far from the edge of the table does the cat land