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1. An eagle is flying due east at 8.9 mls carrying a gopher in its talons. The gopher
manages to break free at a height of 12 m. What is the magnitude of the gopher's
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2. A physics student standing on the edge of a cliff throws a stone vertically downward
with an initial speed of 10.0 mls. The instant before the stone hits the ground below, it
is traveling at a speed of30.0 mls. If the physics student were to throw the rock
horizontally outward from the cliff instead; with the same initial speed of 10.0 mis, what
is the magnitude of the velocity of the stone just before it hits the ground?

3. A tennis ball is thrown from ground level with velocity ve directed 300 above the
horizontal. If it takes the ball 0.5 s to reach the top of its trajectory, what is the
magnitude of the initial velocity?

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7. A spring-loaded gun is aimed horizontally and is used to launch identical balls with
different initial speeds. The gun is at a fixed position above the floor. The balls are
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A rock is kicked horizontally at a speed of 16 mls from the edge of a cliff. The rock strikes the
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to scale. Neglect air resistance.

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13. A ball is fired at an angle of 45, the angle that yields the maximum range in the absence
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