1. Your friend Jesse wants to know how fast he can throw a basketball. He stands on a bench and throws the ball horizontally from a height of 4.0 m above the ground. The basketball lands 15 m away. How fast did he initially throw the basketball?
2. A ball is thrown from a building at an angle of 45 degrees below the horizontal. Immediately after the ball is released, is the magnitude of its acceleration greater than, less than, or equal to g? Explain?
3. A tank that is traveling at a constant velocity on a level grass field and fires straight up.
a. When the projectile comes back down will it land in front of the barrel, behind the barrel, or directly in the barrel?
b. Would the answer change if the cart is accelerating in the backward direction? If so, how?
4. A coconut is thrown from a tree horizontally at 25 m/s and travels a horizontal distance of 50 m before hitting the ground. How tall was the tree if you are 2 meters tall.
5. A drunk driver drives a truck off a cliff 10 meters high. His speed was 20.0 m/s. How far does the truck land from the base of the cliff?