...1D Kinematics: Motion in One Dimension

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1.

A man drops a baseball from the edge of a roof of a building. At exactly the same time another man shoots a baseball vertically up towards the man on the roof in such a way that the ball just barely reaches the roof. Does the ball from the roof reach the ground before the ball from the ground reaches the roof, or is it the other way around?



2.

Estimate the time it takes for a free fall drop from 10 meters height. Also estimate the time a 10 m platform diver would be in the air if he takes off straight up with a vertical speed of 2 m/s (and clears the platform of course!)



3.

A football is kicked at ground level in such a way that the vertical component of its velocity is 10 m/s. If air drag would be negligible the football would reach a maximum height of approximately

5 m

10 m

15 m

It cannot be determined from the data.






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