2.8 Projactile Motion = 48, An aitptanc traveling horizontally at 120 m/s at an cle- vation of 240 m drops a load of flame retardant on a forest fire. At what horizontal distance from the flames should the retardant be dropped? = 49. A car drives off a horizontal embankment and lands 11 m from the edge of the embankment in a field that is 3 m lower than the embankment. With what speod was the car traveling when it left the embankment? 50. ‘The unofficial record for asingle jump by a frog was set by a South African sharp-nosed frog chat leaped 5 m when being retrieved for placement in ity container. if this frog left the ground at an angle of 40", what was its initial speed? = 51. Daring Darless wishes (o cross the Grand Canyon of the Snake River by being shot from a cannon. She wishes to be launched at 60° fo the horizontal sa that she can spend more time im the air waving to the crowd. With what speed must she be aunched to crass the 520-mn canyon? = 52, A football punter wants to kick the ball so that it hits the ground 50 m from where it is kicked and so that the ball is in the air 4s. At what angle and with what initial speed should the ball be kicked? Assumic that the ball leaves the kicker’s foot from an cleyation of 1m. « 53. -A baschall leaves the bart of Henry Aaron with a specd of 34.m/s at an angle of 37° above the horizontal. The ball is 1,2 m off the ground when it leaves the bat. Te be a home ran, the ball must clear a fence that is 3.0m high and 106m from the baiter. (a) At what times after being hit will it reach the height of the fence? (b) How Far from the batter will the ball be at chese times? (c) Will Henry have a home cun? Explain. » 54. A tennis ball is served from position A-int Pig. 2.24 such that it leaves the racket 2.4m above the ground in a horizontal direction with a speed of 22 m/s (50 mi/h). (a) Will che hall be able to cress a O.9l-m-high net 119m in front of the server? “y) Will the balk land in the service court, which is within 6.4 m of the net en the other side?