A farm truck movesdue east with a constantvelocity of 9.50 m/son a limitless

Chapter 4, Problem 54

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A farm truck movesdue east with a constantvelocity of 9.50 m/son a limitless, horizontalstretch of road.A boy riding on theback of the truckthrows a can of sodaupward (Fig. P4.54)and catches the projectile at the same location on thetruck bed, but 16.0 m farther down the road. (a) Inthe frame of reference of the truck, at what angle tothe vertical does the boy throw the can? (b) What is theinitial speed of the can relative to the truck? (c) Whatis the shape of the cans trajectory as seen by the boy?An observer on the ground watches the boy throw the can and catch it. In this observers frame of reference,(d) describe the shape of the cans path and (e) determinethe initial velocity of the can.

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