Q. A cannonball is fired with initial speed v0 at an angle 30° above the horizontal from a height of 38.0 m above the ground. The projectile strikes the ground with a speed of 1.3v0. Find v0. (Ignore any effects due to air resistance.)
Q. When an 83.0-kg adult uses a spiral staircase to climb to the second floor of his house, his gravitational potential energy increases by 2.10 x 103 J. By how much does the potential energy of a 15.0-kg child increase when the child climbs a normal staircase to the second floor?