Using the Projectiles Spreadsheet

Example 1


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Question:

"A bowling ball rolls off a horizontal cliff 80 meters high with a speed of 5 m/s. How long will it take the bowling ball to land, and how far from the base of the cliff will it land?"


Solution:

You need to set the starting vertical ("y vel") velocity to 0 m/s (cell B7) and the starting horizontal velocity ("x vel") to 5 m/s (cell E7).

problem solution

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last update September 16, 2000 by JL Stanbrough