Question

trying to win the superbowl, a placekicker attempts a field goal from 45 m away. when kicked, the ball leaves the ground with a speed of 22m/s at an angle of 50 degrees above the horizontal. what can you say about the ball when it reaches the crossbar that is 3.0m above the ground?

Answer 1

The vertical velocity component starts out at 22*sin50 = 16.85 m/s

The horizontal velocity component remains 22*cos50 = 14.14

The time to reach the goal post is
T = 45/14.14 = 3.18 s

The height of the ball at that time is

Y = 16.85 T - (g/2)*T^2
= 53.6 - 49.6 = 4.0 m

Field Goal!

Answer 2

so does the ball clear by 1 m or does the ball not clear the crossbar and misses it by 1 m.