I GIVE MEDALS.
You wad up a piece of paper and throw it into the wastebasket. How far will your piece of paper travel if you throw it with a velocity of 3.1 m/s at an angle of 32? (Assume no air resistance and that the paper lands at the same height you threw it from.)

A. 1.6 m
B. 1.1 m
C. 0.88 m
D. 1.3 m

Question

I GIVE MEDALS. 
You wad up a piece of paper and throw it into the wastebasket. How far will your piece of paper travel if you throw it with a velocity of 3.1 m/s at an angle of 32? (Assume no air resistance and that the paper lands at the same height you threw it from.)

 		A.	1.6 m
 		B.	1.1 m
 		C.	0.88 m
 		D.	1.3 m

joannablackwelder · Answer

I would figure out the x and y components of the velocity using trig. Then use a = Δv/Δt with the y-component and acceleration of gravity to find the time it takes to reach its max height.

joannablackwelder · Answer

Notice that the time it takes to reach its max height is half the time of travel. Use the total time of travel with d=rt in the horizontal velocity to find distance.