A Stone Is Thrown at an Angle of 30 $\degree$ Above the Horizontal from the Top Edge of a Cliff

question 12

Multiple Choice

A stone is thrown at an angle of 30 $\degree$ above the horizontal from the top edge of a cliff with an initial speed of 12 m/s.A stop watch measures the stone's trajectory time from top of cliff to bottom to be 5.6 s.How far out from the cliff's edge does the stone travel horizontally? (g = 9.8 m/s² and air resistance is negligible)

• A)58 m
• B)154 m
• C)120 m
• D)197 m

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