Calculating Motion in Two Dimensions

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AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Calculating Motion in Two Dimensions

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1

A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a high building. It has an initial velocity of and lands on the ground away from the base of the building. Assuming air resistance is negligible, which of the following changes would cause the range of this projectile to increase?

I. Increasing the initial horizontal velocity

II. Decreasing the mass of the ball

III. Throwing the ball from an identical building on the moon

2

Water emerges horizontally from a hole in a tank above the ground. If the water hits the ground from the base of the tank, at what speed is the water emerging from the hole? (Hint: Treat the water droplets as projectiles.)

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