Problem 8: Kermit the frog is hopping from lily pad to lily pad in search of a good fly for lunch. If the lily pads are spaced 2.4 m apart, and Kermit jumps with a speed of 5 m/s, taking 0.6 seconds to go from lily pad to lily pad, at what angle must Kermit make each of his jumps? (answer: angle = 37 degrees above the horizontal)
Problem 9: At her wedding, J-Lo lines up all the single females in a straight line away from her in preparation for the tossing of the bridal bouquet. She stands Kelly at 1 m, Kendra at 1.5 m, Mary at 2 m, Kristen at 2.5 m, and Lauren at 3 m. J-Lo turns around and tosses the bouquet behind her with a speed of 3.9 m/s at an angle of 50 degrees to the horizontal, and it is caught at the same height0.6 seconds later. Who catches the bridal bouquet? (answer= 1.5 m, Kendra)
Problem 10: Lost in the remote wilderness of Alaska, a group of hungry tourists get a survival package from a passing airplane. The plane was traveling horizontally at a constant speed of 60 m/s, flying at an altitude of 300 m. How far horizontally from the dropping point did the package land? (answer = 469.2 m)
Problem 11: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candlestick with a velocity of 5 m/s at an angle of 30 to the horizontal. Did Jack burn his feet on the 0.25 meter candle? (NO, 0.319 m > 0.25 m)
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