Horizontally Released Projectiles

Practice Problems
Horizontally Released Projectiles

Directions: On this worksheet you will practice properties pertaining to horizontally released projectiles. Remember to use an H|V chart to organize your data.

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Question 1 A ball is released horizontally at a speed of 8 m/sec from the top of a cliff of height 21 meters tall. How many seconds will be required for the ball to land on the beach at the base of the cliff?

2.625 sec2.070 sec4.286 sec1.035 sec

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Question 2 How far from the base of the cliff will the ball impact?

18.7 meters42.0 meters21.0 meters16.6 meters

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Question 3 What is the magnitude of the ball's resultant impact velocity?

21.8 m/sec26.7 m/sec20.3 m/sec28.3 m/sec

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Question 4 At what angle will the ball impact at the base of the cliff?

68.5º21.5º47.1º58.5º

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Question 5 A second ball is released from the same cliff at a horizontal velocity that is 3 times greater than the ball is Question #1. What is the ratio of

range ball #5 / range ball #1 =

3.001.730.331.00

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Question 6 A third ball is released from a second cliff that is 3 times higher than the cliff in Question #1.If it was released with the same horizontal velocity as ball #1, what is the ratio of

range ball #6 / range ball #1 =

0.333.001.731.00

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Question 7 In the lab 'Range of a Projectile' a group obtained the following graph. Based on the graph's equation, y = 0.418x + 0.021, how high was their table?

0.856 meters0.890 meters0.836 meters0.836 meters