Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 7:12pm.

a jet fighter plane is launched from a catapult on an aircraft carrier. it reaches a speed of 42 m/s at the end of the catapult in 2 sec. if the acceleration is constant, what is the length of the catapult?

physics - bobpursley, Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 7:24pm
vf^2=2*acceleration*distance

solve for acceleration
physics - andrusia, Monday, September 27, 2010 at 10:28pm
Use the formula V=change in distance/chance in time

Equation looks like this:

42m/s= x/2

solve for x

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