Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics · AS 2 · structured
Horizontal launch of a ball
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- 5
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- 2
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- Complete
Question5 marks
A ball leaves a platform horizontally at 8.6 m/s from a height of 7.4 m. Ignore air resistance. Calculate the time to reach the ground and the horizontal distance travelled. Use g = 9.81 m/s².
Task interpretation
What a complete response should do
Build a visible chain from the information given to the quantity or statement requested.
Make assumptions explicit, connect several ideas, and test whether the final result is physically reasonable.
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- structured
- Allocation
- 5 marks
- Demand
- discriminating
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