Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Nellie on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 10:26pm.

Angel Falls in southeastern Venezuela is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, dropping 979 m (3212 ft). Assume that it takes 14 s for the water to fall from the lip of the falls to the river below. If the water lands 60 m from the base of the vertical cliff, what was its horizontal speed at the top?

Physics - bobpursley, Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 11:06pm
in real life, air resistance is considerable, and cannot be ignored.

neglecting air resistance, then time to fall
h=1/2 g t^2 solve for time t.

velocity horizontal*time=60m solve for velocity.

Answer this Question

Related Questions

PHYSICS - The highest recorded waterfall in the world is found at Angel Falls ...
math - The upper Angel Falls, the highest waterfall on Earth, is 750m higher ...
Trigonometry - When viewing Angel Falls (the world's highest waterfall) from...
Trigonometry - When viewing Angel Falls (the world's highest waterfall) from...
trig-math - 4. A carpenter wants to be sure that the corner of a building is ...
Spanish - Please see if the translation of this paragraph is correct. If not, ...
PHYSICS - The Victoria Falls is the tallest waterfall on Earth measuring 108 ...
math-TRIG - 1. Which angle measure is consistent with all of the following ...
Physics - The height of a certain waterfall is 33.2 m. When the water reaches ...
physics - When water falls from the top of the waterfall,at the victoria falls ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: