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The local pool in Wheaton has a water slide where you can zip on the slide and i

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Question

The local pool in Wheaton has a water slide where you can zip on the slide and into the water on a hot summer day. The daughter of a biology teacher has slides down after giving herself a shove so her initial velocity is 1.0 m/sec at the top. At the bottom of the slide, she is moving horizontally, y=1.25 meters above the water. She splashes into the water d=2.5 meters to the left of the bottom of the slide. 1) What is the distance, h, the height the top of the slide above the bottom of the slide?

Explanation / Answer

1.2 meters