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At the end of the spring term, a high school physics class celebrates by shooting a bundle of exam papers into the town landfill with a homemade catapult. They aim for a point that is 31.1 m away and at the same height from which the catapult releases the bundle. The initial horizontal velocity component is 5.87 m/s.

a) What is the initial velocity component in the vertical direction?

To find the initial velocity component in the vertical direction, we need to understand the motion of the projectile.

The first thing we need to know is that when a projectile is launched horizontally, the vertical component of its velocity remains constant throughout its motion. This means that the initial vertical velocity is the same as the final vertical velocity.

In this case, we are given the initial horizontal velocity component, which is 5.87 m/s. Since the projectile is launched horizontally, the initial vertical velocity component is 0 m/s.

Therefore, the initial velocity component in the vertical direction is 0 m/s.

a. If the exam papers were fired horizonally, the initial ver. component

of velocity is zero.