In a local bar, a customer slides an empty beer mug down the counter for a refill. The bartender is momentarily distracted by the soul-crushing emptiness in his life and does not see the mug, which slides off the counter and strikes the floor 1.40m from the base of the counter. If the height of the counter is 0.860 m.

(a) with what velocity did the mug leave the counter? 

(b) What was the direction of the mug's velocity just before it hit the floor? (the angle)

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To solve this problem we can use the fact that the horizontal and vertical motions of the mug are in... View the full answer