horizontal speed is constant: 30.9/3.03 m/s
The vertical speed is v = at = -4.9t
The angle x is such that tan(x) = Vy/Vx
A monkey throws a banana horizontally from the top of a tree. The banana hits the ground 3.03 seconds later and lands d = 30.9 meters from the base of the tree.
1. What was the resultant velocity of the banana as it hit the ground?
magnitude = ? m/sec.
2. What is the angle ?° from the horizontal?
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Oops -- v = -9.8t
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