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AP Physics C: Mechanics
1.5 Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
1.3 Representing Motion
1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
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Particle launched horizontally from height H subject to gravity and time-dependent horizontal acceleration.
Particle launched horizontally from height H subject to gravity and time-dependent horizontal acceleration.
A particle is launched horizontally with initial speed \(v_0\) from the top of a cliff of height \(H\) at time \(t = 0\). The particle moves under the influence of constant downward gravitational acceleration of magnitude \(g\). In addition, a horizontal wind exerts a force producing a time-dependent horizontal acceleration \(a_x(t) = -b t\), where \(b\) is a positive constant and the positive \(x\)-direction is aligned with the initial velocity. Which of the following expressions represents the horizontal position \(x\) of the particle when it lands at the base of the cliff (\(y = 0\))?

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