A hot air balloon has just lifted off and is rising at a constant rate of 2.0 m/s. Suddenly one of the passengers realizes she has left her camera on the ground. A friend picks it up and tosses it straight- upward with an initial speed of 12 m/s. If the passenger is 2.5 m above her friend when the camera is tossed, how high is she above her friend when the camera reaches her?

A hot air balloon has just lifted off and is rising at a constant rate of 2.0 m/s. Suddenly one of the passengers realizes she has left her camera on the ground. A friend picks it up and tosses it straight- upward with an initial speed of 12 m/s. If the passenger is 2.5 m above her friend when the camera is tossed, how high is she above her friend when the camera reaches her?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section6.3: Relative Velocity

Problem 27PP

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