5. You accidentally throw your car keys horizontally at 8.0 m/s from a cliff 64-m high. How far from the base of the cliff should you look for the keys? *

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5. You accidentally throw your car keys horizontally at 8.0 m/s from a cliff
64-m high. How far from the base of the cliff should you look for the
keys? *
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Initial velocity, u = 0Final velocity, v = 8 m/sVertical displacement, y = 64 mAcceleration due to gravity, g = 9.81 m/s2Horizontal displacement, x = ?

The 3 Kinematic equations of motion are

v = u + ats = ut + 12at2v2 = u2 + 2as

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