Question

A baseball is thrown horizontally off a 40-m high cliff with a speed of 16.3 m/s. How much time in seconds will it take for the baseball to hit the ground?

Sep 18, 2014

h = 0.5g*t^2 = 40 m.
4.9t^2 = 40
t^2 = 8.16
t = 2.86 s.

Sep 20, 2014

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