3.64: Combining equations 3.25, 3.22 and 3.

23 gives
v 2  v 02 cos 2  0  (v0 sin  0  gt ) 2
 v 02 (sin 2  0  cos 2  0 )  2v0 sin  0 gt  ( gt ) 2
1 2
 v 02  2 g (v0 sin  0 t  gt )
2
 v 02  2 gy,

where Eq. (3.21) has been used to eliminate t in favor of y. This result, which will be seen
in the chapter dealing with conservation of energy (Chapter 7), is valid for any y,
positive, negative or zero, as long as v 2  0 . For the case of a rock thrown from the roof
of a building of height h, the speed at the ground is found by substituting y  h into the
above expression, yielding v  v02  2 gh , which is independent of  0 .