Horizontal Projectile Motion Practice

1. Erica kicks a soccer ball 12 m/s at horizontally from the edge of the roof of a
building which is 30.0 m high. a. When does it strike the ground? b. With what
velocity does the ball strike the ground?
2. A car drives straight off the edge of a cliff that is 54 m high. The police at the
scene of the accident note that the point of impact is 130 m from the base of the
cliff. How fast was the car traveling when it went over the cliff?
3. A ball thrown horizontally at 22.2 m/s from the roof of a building lands 36 m from
the base of the building. How tall is the building?
4. A boy kicked a can horizontally from a 6.5 m high rock with a speed of 4.0 m/s.
How far from the base of the rock the can land?
5. A fleck moving horizontally to the right at 2.5 m/s begins to accelerate downward
at 0.75 m/s2 . Where is the fleck 4.0 s later?
6. A girl runs straight off a cliff with a horizontal velocity of 2.64 m/s and falls for
1.48s before landing on the ground. What is the horizontal component of her
velocity (in m/s) just before she reaches the ground? How far from the cliff (in m)
does the girl in the previous question hit the ground?
7. A golf ball is hit with a horizontal velocity of 30 m/s and takes 4.0 seconds to reach
the ground. Find:
a. the height from which the golf ball was projected.
b. The magnitude of the golf balls' vertical velocity component just before
hitting the ground.
c. The horizontal velocity component.
d. Finial velocity just before the object strikes the ground.
e. The horizontal component of the object's displacement.
8. A girl runs straight off a cliff with a horizontal velocity of 2.51 m/s and falls for
1.99s before landing on the ground. What is the vertical component of her velocity
(in m/s) just before she hits the ground? How high was the cliff (in m) in the
previous question?
9. A projectile is launched horizontally from the top of a 45.2-meter high cliff and
lands a distance of 17.6 meters from the base of the cliff. Determine the
magnitude of the launch velocity.
10.
An unfortunate accident occurred on the toll way. A driver accidentally
passed through a faulty barricade on a bridge (quite unfortunately). and landed in
a pile of hay (quite fortunately). Measurements at the accident scene reveal that
the driver plunged a vertical distance of 8.26 meters. The car carried a horizontal
distance of 42.1 meters from the location where it left the bridge. If the driver was
in a 65 mi/hr speed zone, then determine the amount by which the driver was
exceeding the speed limit at the time of the accident. Assume that the contact
with the barricade did not slow the car down. (1.00 m/s = 2.24 mi/hr)

*Bonus* A pilot flying a constant 215 km/h horizontally in a low-flying helicopter, wants
to drop secret documents into his contacts open car which is traveling 155 km/h in the
same direction on a level highway 78.0 m below. At what angle (to the horizontal) should
the car be in his sights when the packet is released?

Projectile Motion at an Angle Practice

11.
Erica kicks a soccer ball 12 m/s at an angle of 40 degrees above the
horizontal. a. What is the ball's maximum height? b. What is the ball's maximum
range? c. With what velocity does the ball strike the ground? d. What are the ball's
acceleration and velocity at the top of its rise?
12.
In the previous, if Erica kicked the ball from the edge of the roof of a building
which is 30.0 m high. a. When does it strike the ground? b. How far from the
building does it land?
13.
Two physics students stand on the top of their 3.29-meter second-story deck
and launch a water balloon from a homemade winger. The balloon is launched
upward at a speed of 45.2 m/s and an angle of 39.1 degrees. The balloon lands in a
retention pond whose surface is 2.92 meters below grade. Determine the
horizontal distance from launch location to landing location.
14.
Cupid wishes to shoot an arrow through the open window of a tall building.
The window is 32.8 meters above the ground and Cupid stands 63.6 meters from
the base of the building. If Cupid aims the arrow at an angle of 51.5 degrees above
the horizontal, with what minimum speed must he fire the arrow in order for it to
enter the window?
15.
If a ball is kicked with an initial velocity of 25 m/s at an angle of 60 above
the ground, what is the "hang time"?
16.
A 5.0 kg brick lands 10.1 m from the base of a building. If it was given an
initial velocity of 8.6 m/s [61 above the horizontal], how tall is the building?
17.
A spear is thrown upward from a cliff 48 m above the ground. Given an initial
speed of 24 m/s at an angle of 30 to the horizontal, how long is the spear in flight?
18.
A flea stands 2.00 m from a dog's haunches .55m in height. Jumping at an
angle of 32 degrees, what initial speed must the flea have to reach her new home?
19.
A projectile is shot from the edge of a cliff 125 m above ground level with an
initial speed of 65.0 m/s at an angle of 37 above the horizontal. Determine the the
magnitude and the direction of the velocity at the maximum height.
20.
A basketball is lobbed toward a hoop 3.05 m above the floor. If released 2 m
above the floor 10 m from the basket and at a 45 degree angle, how fast must the
basketball be thrown so that it goes through the hoop?
21.
A rock is thrown with an initial vertical velocity component of 30 m/s and an
initial horizontal velocity component of 40 m/s. What will these velocity
components be one second after the rock reaches the top of its path? Assuming

the launch and landing heights are the same, how long will the rock be in the air?
Assuming the launch and landing heights are the same, how far will the rock land
from where it was throw?
22.
A ski jumper travels down a slope and leaves the ski track moving in the
horizontal direction with a speed of 25 m/s. The landing incline falls off with a slope
of 33.
a. How long is the ski jumper air borne?
b. Where does the ski jumper land on the incline?
23.
A ball is kicked from a point 38.9 m away from the goal. The crossbar is 3.05
m high. If the ball leaves the ground with a speed of 20.4 m/s at an angle of 52.2
to the horizontal
c. By how much does the ball clear or fall short of clearing the crossbar?
d. What is the vertical velocity of the ball at the time it reaches the crossbar?
*Bonus* A projectile is shot from the ground at an angle of 60 degrees with respect to
the horizontal, and it lands on the ground 5 seconds later. Find:
a. the horizontal component of initial velocity
b. the vertical component of initial velocity
c. initial speed