Messi is keeping his free-kick skills sharp this quarantine by playing football with his neighbour's monkey. From the roof of his house, which is 7 meters above the ground, he kicks a ball horizontally towards his neighbour's house, which is 6 meters away and also has a roof that is 7m above the ground. At the same instance, his neighbour's pet monkey drops off the ledge of his roof to try to catch the ball. Please ignore air resistance, and take g=9.81m/s2 Minimum velocity? What is the minimum speed (in m/s) at which Messi must kick the ball

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Messi is keeping his free-kick skills sharp this quarantine by playing football with his neighbour's monkey. From the roof of his house, which is 7 meters above the ground, he kicks a ball horizontally towards his neighbour's house, which is 6 meters away and also has a roof that is 7m above the ground. At the same instance, his neighbour's pet monkey drops off the ledge of his roof to try to catch the ball. Please ignore air resistance, and take g=9.81m/s2

Minimum velocity?

What is the minimum speed (in m/s) at which Messi must kick the ball horizontally so that the monkey is able to catch it just before hitting the ground?

 

Time?

If Messi kicks the ball with the minimum required speed; at what time (in seconds) after the kick is the monkey able to catch the ball?

Please provide your numerical answer to three significant figures; eg in the form x.xx

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