Projectile Motion of Dolphin Leap · PhysicsBowl 2022 #14
Physics · mechanics
Problem
A fisherman watches a dolphin leap out of the water at an angle of 35° above the horizontal. The horizontal component of the dolphin's velocity is 7.7 m/s. Find the magnitude of the vertical component of the velocity.
a. 4.4 m/s b. 6.3 m/s c. 11 m/s d. 5.4 m/s e. 3.2 m/s