SOLUTION: A hunter shoots an arrow straight up using a bow.The arrow rises, stops high up in the air, then falls back down. The arrow lands 10 seconds after it was laucnhed. Assuming that th

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Question 1163769: A hunter shoots an arrow straight up using a bow.The arrow rises, stops high up in the air, then falls back down. The arrow lands 10 seconds after it was laucnhed. Assuming that the arrow spends an equal amount of time falling as it does rising, what was the initial velocity of the arrow?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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    the initial velocity of the arrow = g*t = g%2A%285%2F2%29 = 9.81 * 2.5 = you compute it (meters per second).