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    Calculating Height and Velocity: Solving the Throw-up Problem

    The only reason why i am concerned is that it just does not make sense that v2 is positive because it is flying [down] compared to v1 which is flying up. I understand that when i measure v2 it is accelerating down in the negative direction which makes it positive. Therefore my answer has to be...
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    Calculating Height and Velocity: Solving the Throw-up Problem

    Sorry to post again but i am confused about something else as well. To get the second velocity i can also use v2 = v1 + a*t If i do it this way i get -27 [up] instead of 27 [up] as with previous equation. First, i am confused as to why i get different results? I understand that the question...
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    Calculating Height and Velocity: Solving the Throw-up Problem

    I have to square root 27.4 again? I mean i got the answer by square rooting, why do i have to do it again? I have a feeling i started overcomplicating things again...
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    Calculating Height and Velocity: Solving the Throw-up Problem

    Okay, so the answer is positive. Is my answer incorrect? Am i not answering the question asked? Sorry for my confusion!
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    Calculating Height and Velocity: Solving the Throw-up Problem

    So in this case it has to be negative right? Did i just not get the negative because for displacement i used -38m, instead of just 38 which should be used this time around? Thanks for the warm welcome :)
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    Calculating Height and Velocity: Solving the Throw-up Problem

    Homework Statement Marian, who is standing on her balcony, is surprised by a pigeon and throws a flowerpot up in the air at 2.1 m/s. It takes 3.0 s for the flowerpot to smash to the ground. The flowerpot experiences acceleration due to gravity of 9.81m/s2 [down]. a) How high is Marian's...
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    Kinematics, Displacement from Velocity-Time

    Wonderful, thanks a lot! :)
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    Kinematics, Displacement from Velocity-Time

    I was actually just thinking about this, it looked somewhat odd to me! I got the idea in an example that i saw earlier. It was a similar problem but acceleration was found first. It went something like this "Kareem was driving his truck at 94 km/h [west]. He starts to apply brakes when he...
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    Kinematics, Displacement from Velocity-Time

    Homework Statement Andrew is driving his van to deliver groceries in Elmvale. As he travels along Hwy 92, a fox stops on the road. Andrew is traveling at 75 km/h [North] and is 42 m away from the fox when he applies his brakes. It takes him 3.4 s to stop. a) How far did Andrew travel...
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