11. A disgruntled student in the back row of 1510 wishes to hit the professor standing at the front of the class in the back of the head with a spit ball. The professor stands 2 meters tall and the spit baller is sitting in an elevated seat, 5 meters above the floor the professor stands on. The horizontal distance from the spit baller to the professor is 12 meters. The time of flight of the spit ball is 0.8 seconds given an initial spit ball speed of 15m/s. Find the velocity of the spit ball when it is fired.

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A disgruntled student in the back row of 1510 wishes to hit the professor standing at the front of the
class in the back of the head with a spit ball. The professor stands 2 meters tall and the spit baller is sitting
in an elevated seat, 5 meters above the floor the professor stands on. The horizontal distance from the spit
baller to the professor is 12 meters. The time of flight of the spit ball is 0.8 seconds given an initial spit ball
speed of 15m/s. Find the velocity of the spit ball when it is fired.
Transcribed Image Text:11. A disgruntled student in the back row of 1510 wishes to hit the professor standing at the front of the class in the back of the head with a spit ball. The professor stands 2 meters tall and the spit baller is sitting in an elevated seat, 5 meters above the floor the professor stands on. The horizontal distance from the spit baller to the professor is 12 meters. The time of flight of the spit ball is 0.8 seconds given an initial spit ball speed of 15m/s. Find the velocity of the spit ball when it is fired.
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