College Physics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 12P
| A tennis ball rolls off the edge of a tabletop 0.750 m above the floor and strikes the floor at a point 1.40 m horizontally from the edge of the table. (a) Find the time of flight of the ball. (b) Find the magnitude of the initial velocity of the ball. (c) Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the ball just before it strikes the floor.
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