A Boy Kicks a Football from Ground Level with an Initial

question 75

Multiple Choice

A boy kicks a football from ground level with an initial velocity of 20 m/s at an angle of 30° above the horizontal. What is the horizontal component of its velocity just before it hits the ground?

• A) 20 m/s
• B) 8.7 m/s
• C) 9.8 m/s
• D) 17 m/s
• E) 0 m/s

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