Question

Charlotte drops a corn cob our the truck window while traveling
down the road at 22m/s. It takes 0.63 s to hit the ground.
How far did the corn cob travel horizontally as it fell?
a. corn cobs don't travel horizontally
b. 13.86 m
c. 34.9 m
d. 0.03 m

Answer 1

The distance traveled by a corn cob that is dropped by Charlotte while traveling down the road at 22 m/s is 13.86 m. The correct option is b.

We can find the distance traveled by the corn cobs with the following equation:

$x_{f} = x_{i} + v_{i_{x}}t + \frac{1}{2}at^{2}$        

Where:

$x_{f}$: is the final distance =?        

$x_{i}$: is the initial distance = 0 (the point where the corn cob was dropped)        

$v_{i_{x}}$: is the initial speed in the horizontal direction = 22 m/s

a: is the acceleration of the corn cob = 0 (in the x-direction the corn cob is not accelerated)

t: is the time = 0.63 s

Hence, the distance traveled by the corn cob is:

$x_{f} = v_{i_{x}}t = 22 m/s*0.63 s = 13.86 m$                

Therefore, the correct option is b: 13.86 m.

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