A marble is launched at by dropping it through a marble launcher. The marble took 0.22s to land 0.31m from
where it was launched. Find the horizontal velocity of the marble as it rolls off the table.

A. 1.4m/s
B. 0.53m/s
C. 0.71 m/s
D. 0.07m/s

Respuesta :

leena

Hi there!

For projectile motion, the horizontal and vertical components are SEPARATE.

We can use the kinematic equation to solve:

dₓ = vₓt

We can rearrange to solve for vₓ:

dₓ/t = vₓ

0.31/0.22 = vₓ

vₓ = 1.4 m/s ⇒ A