Homework Help: physics

Posted by jes dores on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 3:00am.

You’re standing outside on a windless day when raindrops begin to fall straight down. You run for shelter at a speed of 5.3 , and you notice while you’re running that the raindrops appear to be falling at an angle of about 30 from the vertical. What’s the vertical speed of the raindrops?

physics - drwls, Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 4:46am
tan 30 = Vy/Vx = 0.5773
Solve for Vy
Vx is the speed she runs.

You need to learn to provide dimensions along with your numbers. You omitted m/s and degrees.

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