Horizontal Projectile questions

1. A stone is thrown horizontally at a speed of 5.0 m.s-1 from the top of a

cliff 78.4 m high.
a) How long does it take the stone to reach the bottom of the cliff?
1
s=ut+ a t 2
2

1
78.4=0+ ( 9.8 ) t 2
2

t=4 s

b) How far from the base of the cliff does the stone strike the ground?
1
s=ut+ a t 2
2

1
s=0+ (5.0)( 4¿¿ 2)¿
2

s=40 m

c) What are the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of

the stone as it hits the ground?

Horizontal: 5.0 m/s right

Vertical: 49 m/s down

 d) What is the final speed of the stone as it hits the ground?

2. How would the answers to a), b) and c) of question 1 change if 1) the

stone were thrown with twice the horizontal speed, or 2) the stone were
thrown with the same speed but the cliff were twice as high?
a)
1. Answer would be the same
2. Answer would increase by 1.65
b)
1. Answer would double
2. Answer would become 79.81
c)
1. Horizontal would double; vertical would be the same
2. Horizontal would be the same; vertical would double

3. A steel ball rolls with constant velocity on a tabletop 0.950 m high.   It

rolls off and hits the ground +0.352 m from the edge of the table.   How
fast was the ball rolling?
1
S=ut+ a t 2
2

1
s= a t 2
2

0. 95=4.9 t 2

t=.44 s

x
v=
t

0.352
v=
.44

v=0.8 m/s

4. A beach ball, moving with a speed of +1.27 m.s-1, rolls off a pier and hits
the water 0.75 m from the end of the pier.   How high is the pier above
the water?
 1
0.75=0+ ( 1.27 ) t 2
2

t=1.18

1
s=0+ ( 9.8 ) ( 1.18 )
2

s=5.782m