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Practice Questions: Projectile Motion
1. A baseball player leads off the game and hits a long home run. The ball leaves the bat at an angle
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of 30.0 from the horizontal with a velocity of 40.0 m/s. How far will it travel in the air?
2. A golfer is teeing off on a 170.0 m long par 3 hole. The ball leaves with a velocity of 40.0 m/s at
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50.0 to the horizontal. Assuming that she hits the ball on a direct path to the hole, how far from
the hole will the ball land (no bounces or rolls)?
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3. A punter in a football game kicks a ball from the goal line at 60.0 from the horizontal at 25.0
m/s.
a) What is the hang time of the punt?
b) How far down field does the ball land?
4. A lovesick lad wants to throw a bag of candy and love notes into the open window of his
girlfriend’s bedroom 10.0 m above. Assuming it just reaches the bottom of the window, he
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throws the love gifts at 60.0 to the ground:
a) At what velocity should he throw the bag?
b) How far from the house is he standing when he throws the bag?
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5. An gas loaded potato launcher fires potatoes at an angle of 38.0 from the surface of the
ground. If the initial velocity is 25.0 m/s, find how far away the potatoes are from the launcher
when they hit the level ground again.
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6. A football is kicked at 37.0 to the horizontal at 20.0 m/s from the player’s hand at 1.00 m from
the ground. How far did the football travel before hitting the ground?
7. The same football as above is kicked from the ground instead.
a) Find the maximum height.
b) Find the time of travel.
c) How far away does it hit the ground?
8. After retrieving her ball from the roof, a girl throws the ball off of the roof with a speed
5.60 m/s at an angle of 35.0 degrees above the horizontal. The ball is thrown from a height 11.0 m
above the ground. Find the range of the ball.
9. Trailing by two points, and with only 2.0 s remaining in a basketball game, a player makes a
jump-shot at an angle of 60.º with the horizontal, giving the ball a velocity of 10. m/s. The
ball is released at the height of the basket, 3.05 m above the floor. Yes! It’s a score.
a) How much time is left in the game when the basket is made?
b) Shots made outside a semi-circle of 6.02 m radius from a spot directly beneath the basket
are awarded 3 points, while those inside score 2 points. Did the player tie the game or put
the team ahead?
10. A cannon is fired at 30.0° above the horizontal with a velocity of 90.0. m/s. The cannonball
lands 857 m away from the edge of the cliff. How high is the cliff?
11. A player kicks a football from ground level at 27.0 m/s at an angle of 30.0 degrees above the
horizontal. Find the distance the football will travel before it touches the ground.
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12. A cannon fires a cannonball 500.0 m downrange when set at a 45.0 angle. At what velocity
does the cannonball leave the cannon?
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13. An archer fires his arrow upwards at an angle of 65 to the ground with an initial velocity of
120 m/s. If the arrow flies up onto the roof of a building and lands on the roof 1075 m away
from the archer, how high is the building?
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14. A trebuchet fires cows at a castle at an angle of 58 and with a velocity of 56 m/s. If the wall
of the castle is 40 m away and is 15 m high, will the cow make it over the wall? Prove your
answer.
