Homework Help: Physics

Posted by unknown on Friday, October 8, 2010 at 10:09pm.

A cat chases a mouse across a 1.1 m high
table. The mouse steps out of the way, and
the cat slides off the table and strikes the floor 1.2 m from the edge of the table. The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s^2.What was the cat’s speed when it slid off the table?

Physics - MathMate, Friday, October 8, 2010 at 11:21pm
Use
h=(1/2)gt²
to solve for t.
Horizontal velocity
=1.2 m / t

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