College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Exercise 47

In Fig. a student at a window on the second floor of a dorm sees his math professor walking on the sidewalk beside the building. He drops a water balloon from 18.0 m above the ground when the professor is 1.00 m from the point directly beneath the window. If the professor is 1.70 m tall and walks at a rate of 450 m/s, does the balloon hit her If not, how close does it come

FIGURE Hit the professor See Exercise. (This figure is not drawn to scale)