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A toy car runs off the edge of a table that is 1.350 m high. The car lands 0.405 m from the base of the table.
(a) How long did it take the car to fall?
_______s
(b) How fast was the car going on the table?
_______ m/s

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This solution helps go through the physics behind a toy car running off the edge of a table.

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This problem is projectile motion. Important things to remember is that the projectile motion consists of two components:
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