Nizwa College of Technology Physics 1 Note No:2 For Group 1 - Salim Al-kamiyani, To download (http://ar.scribd.com/sakmyani/)or (http://issuu.

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Problem 2.7-(7)
A students stands at the edge of a cliff and throws a stone horizontally over the edge with a speed of 18.0 m/s. The cliff is 50.0-m above a flat horizontal beach. How long after being released does the stone strike the beach below the cliff? With what speed and angle of impact does it land?
SOLUTION: KNOWNS yo = 0 y = -50.0 m o = 0 vo = 18.0 m/s y = yo + (vo sino )t gt2 -50.0 m = 0 + 0 (9.80 m/s2)t2 t2 = 2(50.0 m)/( 9.80 m/s2) t = 3.19 s UNKNOWN t

To find the magnitude and direction of the velocity means finding both x and y components of the velocity vector:
vx = (vo coso) = 18.0 m/s vy = (vo sino) gt = 0 (9.80 m/s2)(3.19 s) = -31.26 m/s |v| = [(18.0)2 + (-31.26)2]1/2 = 36.1 m/s o = tan-1 (-31.26/18.0) = -60.10

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