A stone is thrown with an initial speed of 20 m/s at an angle of 35° above the horizontal from the top of a 53 m building. What is the speed of the rock as it strikes the ground (ignore air resistance).

A stone is thrown with an initial speed of 20 m/s at an angle of 35° above the horizontal from the top of a 53 m building. What is the speed of the rock as it strikes the ground (ignore air resistance).

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Description: A stone is thrown with an initial speed of 20 m/s at an angle of 35° above thehorizontal from the top of a 53 m building. What is the speed of the rock as it strikesthe ground (ignore air resistance).

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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