SOLUTION: From a car moving a 36 kmhr-1, a ball is thrown at night angle to the motion of the car and with a speed of 6 ms-1. What is the speed of the ball (relative to the Earth) at the beg

SOLUTION: From a car moving a 36 kmhr-1, a ball is thrown at night angle to the motion of the car and with a speed of 6 ms-1. What is the speed of the ball (relative to the Earth) at the beg

Algebra.Com

Question 626412: From a car moving a 36 kmhr-1, a ball is thrown at night angle to the motion of the car and with a speed of 6 ms-1. What is the speed of the ball (relative to the Earth) at the beginning of its flight?
Answer by Emsley(35) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Adding the two velocities as vectors the resultant velocity is the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle with sides 36 and 6. That is root(36^2+6^2)
RELATED QUESTIONS
a man drives a car a distance of 200 km at an average speed of 44 kmhr^-1. What must be... (answered by rothauserc)

Hi, i need help with those questions am practicing but i dont understand how to work out... (answered by stanbon)

car 1 quickly accelerates to aprox 75mph, stays there then slows down to a stop at 3.5... (answered by ikleyn)

A ball thrown upwards with an initial velocity of 5 ms from the roof of a 60-metre tall... (answered by Boreal)

The kinetic energy E of a moving object is jointly proportional to the object’s mass m (answered by MathLover1)

A tractor of mass 5*10^3kg is used to Low a car of mass 2.5*10^3kg. The tractor moved... (answered by Fombitz)

A tractor of mass 5*10^3kg is used to Low a car of mass 2.5*10^3kg. The tractor moved... (answered by Fombitz)

Hey again! This is also impossible, i can do question 3 but not 2! :D A racing car is (answered by scott8148)

A train running at 30 kph is overtaken by a car 4 hours after the train started moving.... (answered by Fombitz)