Question

A rocket-powered car drives off a 100 meter tall cliff. The rocket provides a horizontal thrust of 1000 Newtons. If the car has a mass of 100 kg and an initial horizontal velocity of 20 m/s when it drives off the edge of the cliff, where does it hit the ground? Type your answer as x = 1234m, for example.

Answer 1

Given data:

* The height of the cliff is 100 m.

* The horizontal thrust on the rocket is 1000 N.

* The mass of the car is 100 kg.

* The horizontal initial velocity of the car is 20 m/s.

Solution:

As the given thrust is acting in the horizontal direction only,

The vertical motion of the rocket is under the action of grav