Question: A zookeeper finds an escaped monkey hanging from a light pole. Aiming her tranquilizer gun at the monkey, she kneels 10.0 m above the ground.

A zookeeper finds an escaped monkey hanging from a light pole. Aiming her tranquilizer gun at the monkey, she kneels 10.0 m above the ground. At the same moment that the monkey drops a banana, the zookeeper shoots. If the dart travels at 50 m/s, a) What is the component in X of the velocity. b) Find the time it took the dart to travel the horizontal distance. c) Find how far each object will fall during this time. d) Will the dart hit the monkey, the banana, or neither?

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