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A celebrating student throws a water balloon horizontally from a window 50 m above the ground. It hits the ground 60 m from the building without appreciable air resistance.


A celebrating student throws a water balloon horizontally from a window 50 m above the ground. It hits the ground 60 m from the building without appreciable air resistance. 

(a) What is the horizontal component of the velocity of the balloon just before it hits the ground? 

(b) What is the magnitude of the vertical velocity of the balloon just before it hits the ground? 

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It is given that water balloon is thrown in horizontal direction from a height of 50 m.

It hits at a distance of 60 m.

Here solution is attached on the scanned paper. First and second equations of motion are used. First I have calculated time required to hit the balloon to ground. With the help of time initial velocity of throwing is calculated and then horizontal and vertical components of velocity at the time just before the balloon hits the ground is calculated.

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