Tuesday, March 21, 2006

I HATE PHYSICS!

Can anyone figure out this problem? I'll give you free passes to the circus if you can...


A rocket is fired at a speed of 94.0 m/s from ground level, at an angle of 43.0 degrees above the horizontal. The rocket is fired toward an 31.8-m high wall, which is located 40.0 m away. By how much does the rocket clear the top of the wall?

3 comments:

lisa said...

ceil, i have literally spent an hour on this. on my birthday. that's sad. you can figure it out with sine and cosine, but damned if i can find my graphing calculator.

good luck!

Scott said...

Ceil,

See www.fourthrow.blogspot.com for answer.

I told you I'd help if you needed it. How many passes is this worth?

-s.

Jen14221 said...

It just clears it, with about an inch leeway.