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1) Billy Joe stands on the Talahatchee Bridge kicking stones into the water below

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1) Billy Joe stands on the Talahatchee Bridge kicking stones into the water below. If Billy Joe kicks a stone with a horizontal velocity of 3.50m/s, and it lands in the water a horizontal distance of 5.40m from where Billy Joe is standing, what is the height of the bridge?

 2. The movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy” begins with a pilot dropping a bottle out of an airplane. It is recovered by a surprised native below, who thinks it a message from the gods. If the plane from which the bottle was dropped was flying at an altitude of 500m and the bottle lands 400m horizontally from the initial drop, how fast was the plane flying when the bottle was released? 

3. Tad drops a cherry pit out the car window 1.0m above the ground while traveling down the road at 18m/s. How far, horizontally, from the initial dropping point will the pit hit the ground? 

4. In many locations, old abandoned stone quarries have been filled with water once excavating has been completed. While standing on a 10m high quarry wall, Clarence tosses a piece of granite into the water below. If Clarence throws the rock horizontally with a velocity of 3.0m/s, how far from the edge of the cliff will it hit the water?

 5. While skiing, Ellen encounters an unexpected icy bump, which she leaves horizontally at 12m/s. How far out horizontally, from her starting point will Ellen land if she drops a distance of 7.00m in the fall?