A Skier Leaves a Ski Jump with a Horizontal Velocity

question 64

Multiple Choice

A skier leaves a ski jump with a horizontal velocity of 24.0 m/s (and no vertical velocity component) .The magnitude of the vertical component of her velocity the instant before she lands two seconds later is

• A)24.0 m/s.
• B)0 m/s.
• C)43.6 m/s.
• D)19.6 m/s.

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