A rock thrown horizontally from a bridge hits the water below. The rock travels a smooth parabolic
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A rock thrown horizontally from a bridge hits the water below. The rock travels a smooth parabolic path in time t.
(a) Show that the height of the bridge is 1/2 gt2.
(b) What is the height of the bridge if the time the rock is airborne is 2 s?
(c) To solve this problem, what information is assumed here that wasn’t in Chapter 2?
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Conceptual Physical Science
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Authors: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt
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