Projectile motion worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A ball is launched horizontally from the top of a 15 m cliff. Ignore air resistance. Find the horizontal distance x travelled before the ball hits the ground.

v₀ = 23 m/sθ = 0°h = 15 mg = 9.81 m/s²

x = m

2.Easy

A ball is launched horizontally from the top of a 75 m cliff. Ignore air resistance. Find the horizontal distance x travelled before the ball hits the ground.

v₀ = 19 m/sθ = 0°h = 75 mg = 9.81 m/s²

x = m

3.Medium

A ball is launched from level ground at 30° above the horizontal and lands 95 m away. Ignore air resistance and use g = 9.81 m/s². Find the launch speed v₀.

θ = 30°R = 95 mg = 9.81 m/s²

v₀ = m/s

4.Medium

A ball is launched at 40° above horizontal from level ground. Ignore air resistance. Find the horizontal distance x travelled before the ball hits the ground.

v₀ = 10 m/sθ = 40°g = 9.81 m/s²

x = m

5.Hard

A ball is launched at 16 m/s and 35° above the horizontal from the top of a 20 m cliff. Ignore air resistance and use g = 9.81 m/s². Find the greatest height H above the ground at the foot of the cliff.

v₀ = 16 m/sθ = 35°h = 20 mg = 9.81 m/s²

H = m

6.Hard

A ball is thrown from ground level at 33 m/s and 35° above the horizontal. It lands on the flat roof of a building 11 m high, on its way down. Ignore air resistance and use g = 9.81 m/s². Find the horizontal distance x from the launch point to where it lands.

v₀ = 33 m/sθ = 35°h_roof = 11 mg = 9.81 m/s²

x = m

Answer key

1. x = 40.22 m
2. x = 74.3 m
3. v₀ = 32.8 m/s
4. x = 10.04 m
5. H = 24.29 m
6. x = 85.05 m

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