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5. Wil-E-Coyote drops a bowling ball off a cliff to try to catch the Roadrunner. The cliff is 132m high.

A. How long does it take the ball to fall to the ground?

List
X Vot + Eat
?
=

132 =
5 (9 8) +2 . 1s
5
9 9
0
_________________
.

: .

B. What is its impact velocity?

Uf =
Vot + at 50 96 .

_________________
Vf = 0 + 9 8 (5 2)
.
.

C. How far does it fall in the first 3.0 seconds?


X Vot + Eat
=

44 I m
X 0 t(9 6)(3) _________________
.

= + .

D. How fast is it going at the end of 3.0 seconds?

Vf Vot
= at
29 %s .

_________________
Vf =
0 + 9 %(3)
.

E. How long would it take the same ball to fall if the cliff was on the moon (g = 1.63 m/s 2)?
132 = Of + E (1 63)+ .

12 7s
_________________
.

6. You drop your cell phone while in the bathroom in front of the mirror while the water is running in the
sink below. If you are 0.45 meters above the sink, how long do you have before your cell phone is a
gonner. -

0 45 =
Ot + 229 6)t

/0
.
.

0 35
43 _________________
.
.

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