The Earth is spinning at 1, 674.4 km/h. If the projectile launcher is sitting on

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The Earth is spinning at 1, 674.4 km/h. If the projectile launcher is sitting on the Earth and you launch the ball at 90degree with everything traveling at the same velocity of the Earth. Where will the ball land after being fired into the air? In the movies, we see a car flying off a cliff after being chased by another. In the movies it takes about 1 sec for the vehicle to hit the ground. Does Hollywood have it right that it would only take 1 sec? If you are driving your car at 45m/s and the height of the canyon wall is 100 m high. What is the time it takes to collide with the canyon floor, how far past the wall did the car travel, and what are the final components of velocity along both axes upon impact? What conclusions can be made from the free fall experiments based on your observations from the data recorded of the equal masses?

Explanation / Answer

1) It will land at same point from wbere it was fired.

It is because both the earth surface and the projectile are moving with same horizontal velocity, so there is no relative horizontal motion between them

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