A place kicker must kick a football from a
point 35 m (about 38 yd) from the goal, and
the ball must clear the crossbar, which is
3.05 m high. When kicked, the ball leaves the
ground with a speed of 24 m/s at an angle of
48
◦
to the horizontal.
By how much does the ball clear or fall short
of clearing the crossbar? The acceleration of
gravity is 9.8 m/s
2
.
Answer in units of m
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