Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Patrick on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 10:20am.

A long jumper leaves the ground at an angle of 15.1◦ to the horizontal and at a speed of 10.9 m/s.
How far does he jump? The acceleration
due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2
.
Answer in units of m
010 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What maximum height does he reach?
Answer in units of m

Physics - Steve, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 1:14pm
if you look up trajectory in wikipedia, it gives handy formulas for figuring the height and range of a projectile at a given speed and angle.

But then, you probably already have those formulas, so where do you get stuck?

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