A circus performer wants to land in a net 5 meters to the right of where she will let go of the trapeze. If she is 10 meters above the net, how fast must she be moving horizontally when she lets go? Round your final answer to three significant figures.

Assuming no air friction,

the time it takes to fall 10 m = t = √2h/g = √(20/9.8) = 1.43 s

horizontal distance = 5 m

horizontal speed = distance/time = 5/1.43 = 3.5 m/s  ANS

Explanation:

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when two balls of the different masses are dropped from equal height, they reach the ground at the same time .this is because they experience the same acceleration.

the acceleration is independent of mass.

thus when they are dropped they will always maintain the same velocity and travel the same distance (neglect air resistance of course) at the same time.