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A baseball is thrown horizontally off a cliff at 23 m/s. The cliff is 50 m high. Ignore air drag.


7. A baseball is thrown horizontally off a cliff at 23 m/s. The cliff is 50 m high. Ignore air drag. 

A.) How LONG will it take the baseball to hit the ground?

B.) How FAR from the base of the cliff will the baseball hit the ground? 

C.) Upon impact, how FAST was the baseball going? 

D.) At what ANGLE (relative to the horizontal) did the baseball impact the ground? 


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