Question

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is 131 m high. A truck crossing the bridge loses a piece of cargo, launching it horizontally and perpendicularly off the bridge at 75 miles per hour. How fast is it going when it hits the water? Group of answer choices

57.4 m/s

33.5 m/s

79.3 m/s

50.7 m/s

60.7 m/s

Answer 1

Here we use conservation of mechanical energy to find the velocity of cargo at bottom.