An archer standing on the back of a pickup truck moving at 28m/s fires an arrow straight up at a duck flying directly overhead. The arrow was fired with an initial vertical velocity of 49 m/s relative to the truck. a) for how long will the arrow be in the air? b) how far will the aptruck travel while the arrow is in the air? c) Where, in relation to the "duckless" archer, will the arrow come down? Will the archer have to 'duck'?

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An archer standing on the back of a pickup truck moving at 28m/s fires an arrow straight up at a duck flying directly overhead. The arrow was fired with an initial vertical velocity of 49 m/s relative to the truck.

a) for how long will the arrow be in the air?

b) how far will the aptruck travel while the arrow is in the air?

c) Where, in relation to the "duckless" archer, will the arrow come down? Will the archer have to 'duck'?

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