A pencil is pushed horizontally off a desk with a speed of 1.2m/s if it takes 0.4 seconds for the pencil to reach the ground how far from the desk does it land?

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James Bailey

Physics

1 September, 03:43

A pencil is pushed horizontally off a desk with a speed of 1.2m/s if it takes 0.4 seconds for the pencil to reach the ground how far from the desk does it land?

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Rohan Shelton · Answer 1

The pencil has a horizontal velocity of 1.2 m/s. To see how far it travels in the horizontal direction over the 0.4 seconds it is falling, use the relation x=vt, where x is the distance, v is the x-directed velocity, and t is time.

x=1.2m/s*0.4s = 0.48m