Higher Golf Ball problem: part 2

June 15th, 2009

Part 2 of a worked solution to the following problem:

A golf ball is driven at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal at a speed of 12 metres per second. Calculate the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity and thereby the maximum height of the ball, the time of flight and the distance travelled when it lands.

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Higher Golf Ball problem: part 1

June 15th, 2009

Part 1 of a worked solution to the following problem:

A golf ball is driven at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal at a speed of 12 metres per second. Calculate the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity and thereby the maximum height of the ball, the time of flight and the distance travelled when it lands.

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