# A boy throws a baseball onto a roof and it rolls back down and off the roof with a speed of 4.30 m/s. If the roof is pitched at 22.0° below the horizon and the roof edge is 2.10 m above the ground, find the time the baseball spends in the air and the horizontal distance from the roof edge to the point where the baseball lands on the ground.

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A boy throws a baseball onto a roof and it rolls back down and off the roof with a speed of 4.30 m/s. If the roof is pitched at 22.0° below the horizon and the roof edge is 2.10 m above the ground, find the time the baseball spends in the air and the horizontal distance from the roof edge to the point where the baseball lands on the ground.

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Step 1

Given information:

Velocity of the ball before leaving the roof (u) = 4.30 m/s

Angle of the roof (θ) = 22.00

Height of the roof from the ground (h) = 2.10 m

Step 2

Time the ball spent in are:

Consider 2nd...

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