A Stone Is Thrown at an Angle of 30° Above

question 6

Multiple Choice

A stone is thrown at an angle of 30° above the horizontal from the top edge of a cliff with an initial speed of 14 m/s.A stop watch measures the stone's trajectory time from top of cliff to bottom to be 7.1 s.How far out from the cliff's edge does the stone travel horizontally? Note: g = 9.8 m/s² and air resistance is negligible.

• A) 58 m
• B) 68 m
• C) 86 m
• D) 197 m

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