Pumpkin toss in denver, children bring their old jack-o-lanterns
to the top of a tower and compete for accuracy in hitting a target on the ground (figure 4-21). suppose that the tower is 9.0 m high and that the bull's-eye is a horizontal distance of 3.5 m
from the
launch point. if the pumpkin is thrown horizontally, what is the
launch speed needed to hit the bull's-eye?

Luke and carrie are driving down a straight section of the interstate at 70 mph in luke's new convertible. carrie is drinking a soda in the passenger seat. when she is done she tosses the bottle straight up in the air, just above the height of the car. what will happen to the bottle if air resistance is neglected? a. the bottle will land in carrie's lap. b. not enough information is given. c. the bottle will land on the interstate in front of the car. d. the bottle will land on the interstate behind the car.

Ablock of mass m = 2.5 kg is attached to a spring with spring constant k = 710 n/m. it is initially at rest on an inclined plane that is at an angle of θ = 23° with respect to the horizontal, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the plane is μk = 0.19. in the initial position, where the spring is compressed by a distance of d = 0.16 m, the mass is at its lowest position and the spring is compressed the maximum amount. take the initial gravitational energy of the block as zero. a) what is the block's initial mechanical energy? b) if the spring pushes the block up the incline, what distance, l, in meters will the block travel before coming to rest? the spring remains attached to both the block and the fixed wall throughout its motion.

Aball tossed vertically upward from the ground next to a building passes the bottom of a window 1.8 s after being tossed and passes the top of the window 0.20 s later. the window is 2.0 m high from top to bottom. what was the ball's initial velocity? the unit vector j^ is directed upward. how far is the bottom of the window from the launch position? how high does the ball rise above the launch position?