Projectile MotionModel train The accompanying multiflash

Chapter 13, Problem 35E

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Problem        35E

Projectile Motion

Model train The accompanying multiflash photograph shows a model train engine moving at a constant speed on a straight horizontal track. As the engine moved along, a marble was fired into the air by a spring in the engine’s smokestack. The marble, which continued to move with the same forward speed as the engine, rejoined the engine 1 sec after it was fired. Measure the angle the marble’s path made with the horizontal and use the information to find how high the marble went and how fast the engine was moving.