In a local bar, a customer an empty beer mug down the counter for a refill. The bartender does not see the mug, which slides off  the counter and strikes the  floor 1:40m from the base of the counter. If the height of the counter is 0:860m a) with what velocity did the mug leave the counter, and b) what was the direction of the mug's velocity just before it hit the floor?

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In a local bar, a customer an empty beer mug down the counter for a refill. The bartender does not see the mug, which slides off  the counter and strikes the  floor 1:40m from the base of the counter. If the height of the counter is 0:860m

a) with what velocity did the mug leave the counter, and

b) what was the direction of the mug's velocity just before it hit the floor?

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