When the Sun is directly overhead, a hawk dives toward the ground at a speed of 4.26 m/s.

If the direction of his motion is at an angle of 35.7◦ below the horizontal, calculate the speed of his shadow along the ground.

Answer in units of m/s.

2 answers

It would be her horizontal speed..
4.26cos35.7

Honors Physics?
A hummingbird flies 1.9 m along a straight path at a height of 5.3 m above the ground. Upon spotting a flower below, the humming- bird drops directly downward 2.8 m to hover in front of the flower.

a) What is the magnitude of the humming- bird’s total displacement?

Answer in units of m.

How many degrees below the horizontal is this total displacement?

Answer in units of ◦.
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