A car is parked on a cliff overlooking the ocean on an incline that makes an angle of 19◦ below the horizontal. The negligent driver leaves the car in neutral, and the emergency brakes are defective. The car rolls from rest down the incline with a constant acceleration of 4.2 m/s2 and travels 40 m to the edge of the cliff. The cliff is 28 m above the ocean.
1. How long is the car in the air?
2. What is the car’s position relative to the base of the cliff when the car lands in the ocean?

Question

A car is parked on a cliff overlooking the ocean on an incline that makes an angle of 19◦ below the horizontal. The negligent driver leaves the car in neutral, and the emergency brakes are defective. The car rolls from rest down the incline with a constant acceleration of 4.2 m/s2 and travels 40 m to the edge of the cliff. The cliff is 28 m above the ocean.
1. How long is the car in the air?
2. What is the car’s position relative to the base of the cliff when the car lands in the ocean?