A 5.0-kg stone is thrown upward at 7.5 m/s at an angle of 51° above the horizontal from the upper edge of a cliff, and it hits the ground 1.5 s later. Neglect air. Find the magnitude of its velocity vector just as it reaches the ground

What will be an ideal response?


10 m/s

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