Question

A drunk college student decides to try to do a perfect swan dive from his apartment window into the pool below. The edge of the pool is 5 meters from the base of the building and his window is on the 3rd floor, which is 8 meters from the ground. If he jumps out the window horizontally at a speed of 4 m/s, does he make it into the water or..

Answer 1

He barely makes it but hit his leg on the pool edge.

Step-by-step explanation:

Using kinematic formula: Δx=
`v_(0)t+(1/2)at^2`

We can plug in delta x, v zero, and acceleration.

delta x = 8 meters, v0 = 0. a = 9.8

8=(1/2)9.8*t^2

Around 1.278 seconds of airtime.

4 * 1.278 = 5.112 meters horizontally assuming no air resistance

That was close!