Vincent rolls a 10 g marble down a ramp and off the table with a horizontal velocity of 1.2 m/s. The marble falls in a cup placed 0.51 m from the table's edge. How high is the table?
1 Answer
Nov 28, 2015
Explanation:
Always get the time of flight first as this is common to both vertical and horizontal components of the motion.
The horizontal component of velocity is constant so:
Now considering the vertical component: