A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a 58.5-m building and lands 110.8 m from the base of the building. Ignore air resistance. (Assume the ball is thrown in the +x direction and upward to be in the +y direction.) (a) How long (in s) is the ball in the air? (b) What must have been the initial horizontal component of the velocity (in m/s)? (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.) m/s (c) What is the vertical component of the velocity (in m/s) just before the ball hits the ground? (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.) m/s (d) What is the velocity (in m/s) (including both the horizontal and vertical components) of the ball just before it hits the ground? magnitude m/s direction counterclockwise from the +x-axis

A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a 58.5-m building and lands 110.8 m from the base of the building. Ignore air resistance. (Assume the ball is thrown in the +x direction and upward to be in the +y direction.) (a) How long (in s) is the ball in the air? (b) What must have been the initial horizontal component of the velocity (in m/s)? (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.) m/s (c) What is the vertical component of the velocity (in m/s) just before the ball hits the ground? (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.) m/s (d) What is the velocity (in m/s) (including both the horizontal and vertical components) of the ball just before it hits the ground? magnitude m/s direction counterclockwise from the +x-axis

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A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a 58.5-m building and lands 110.8 m from the base of the building. Ignore air resistance. (Assume the ball is thrown in the +x direction and upward to be
In the +y direction.)
(a) How long (in s) is the ball in the air?
(b) What must have been the initial horizontal component of the velocity (in m/s)? (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.)
m/s
(c) What is the vertical component of the velocity (in m/s) just before the ball hits the ground? (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer.)
m/s
(d) What is the velocity (in m/s) (including both the horizontal and vertical components) of the ball just before it hits the ground?
magnitude
m/s
direction
counterclockwise from the +x-axis

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