#18 Projectiles shot at an angle practice:
1. A cannonball is fired 45.0 m/s at an angle of 22.0° from the horizontal.
Find: a) How long it was in the air.
b) How far from where it was shot it landed
c) How high it was at the highest point in its path.
2. Mr. Carter shoots an arrow. The arrow leaves the bow going 75.0 m/s at 45.0° from the horizontal.
Find: a) How long it was in the air.
b) How far from where it was shot it landed
c) How high it was at the highest point in its path.
3. A quarterback throws a pass. The ball is going 25 m/s at 20.0° from the horizontal as it leaves his hand.
a) How long will it be in the air.
b) How far downfield will a receiver need to be to catch it at the same
height from which it was thrown
c) How high it was at the highest point in its path.
4. A cannonball is fired 45.0 m/s at an angle of 22.0° from the horizontal. If the cannon was placed on a 32.0 m high hill find:
a) How long it was in the air.
b) How far from where it was shot it landed
c) How high it was at the highest point in its path.
5. Mr. Carter shoots an arrow at a target 30.0m away. If the arrow leaves the bow going 75m/s at 5.00° from the horizontal and the bull’s-eye is at the same height find:
a) The time it will be in the air.
b) How far above or below the bull’s-eye it will hit.
6. A pitcher throws a ball at the batter who is 20.0 m away. Theball leaves his hand at .55 m above the ground going 44 m/s at an angle of 6.0° from the horizontal. If the strike zone for that batter is from .62m to 1.70m above the ground and he swings .50 seconds after the pitcher releases the ball is it a strike?
7. The same pitcher pitches again. This time at an angle of 8.50°. If the ball reaches the batter after .400 seconds how fast was the pitch?