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Course: High school physics?>?Unit 3
Lesson 4: Horizontally launched projectilesSolving kinematic equations for horizontal projectiles
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Problem
A volcano erupts, and a chunk of hot magma is launched horizontally with a speed of from a height of . We can ignore air resistance.
What is the magma's horizontal displacement from the launch to when it hits the ground?
Round your answer to three significant digits.