A daredevil is attempting to jump his motorcycle over a line of buses parked end to end by driving up a 32° ramp, measured from the horizontal, at a speed of 40.0 m/s (144 km/h). The top of the ramp is at the same height as the roofs of the buses and each bus is 20.0 m long. a. How many buses can he clear? b. By how many meters does he clear the last bus?

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A daredevil is attempting to jump his motorcycle over a line of buses parked end to end by driving up a 32° ramp, measured from the horizontal, at a speed of 40.0 m/s (144 km/h). The top of the ramp is at the same height as the roofs of the buses and each bus is 20.0 m long.

 

a. How many buses can he clear? 

b. By how many meters does he clear the last bus? 

 

Please use algebra-based process on solving this, not calculus. 

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