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Rachel's crew is finally successfully in shooting the firework. They shoot it to its maximum height in 7 seconds and it explodes sending fragments scattering in horizontal directions all around at a speed of 20 meters per second. In answering the questions below,assume that air drag is negligible. What will be the acceleration of the fragments as they fall vertically? Assuming that they all fall from the same maximum height,how long will it take the fragments to hit the ground?

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prekshamehta
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1>Acceleration will be due to gravity = 9.8 m/sec^2

2>>As the fragment reach a maximum height in 7 sec.So as they are falling from same height then they will take the same time to reach down also.
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velocity of mass at the maximum height = 0 m/s
height = h = 7 m.

the fragments are projected in horizontal direction with velocity = 20 m/s

In the horizontal direction, there is no acceleration.  In the vertical direction the acceleration = g = acceleration due to gravity.

since the initial vertical velocity is 0 m/s,
      h = 0 t + 1/2 g t²
     t = √(2h/g)  = time for the fragments to reach the ground.

in this time, the fragments travel 20 * √(2h/g)  meters horizontally.

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