Question

Projectile Motion & Straight-Line Motion

After class last week Professor Carini and Mohammad were working on Sandy the robot. Mohammad starts to get annoying so Professor Carini throws a bowling ball at Mohammad. Mr. Carini has a height of 65.0 in and Mohammad has a height of 77.0 in. Professor Carini throws the bowling ball at Mohammad with an angle of 32.0o with respect to the horizontal. If Proessor Carini and Mohammad are 120.0 in apart, what is the initial velocity of the bowling ball, what is the time it takes the bowling ball to hit Mohammad, and what is the magnitude and direction of the bowling ball’s velocity right before it hits Mohammad in his gut!?! (HINT: 1in=0.0245m)

Mohammad slides across the ground in a straight line. How far does Mohammad slide on the floor if he is decelerating at a constant 2.40 m/s2 and his initial velocity is half of the velocity of the bowling ball right before it hit Mohammad in the gut?

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