JAMB - Physics (2009 - No. 3)

A bullet fired vertically upward from a gun held 2.0 m above the ground reaches its maximum height in 4.0s. calculate its initial velocity.


[g = 10ms-2]
10 ms-1
8 ms-1
40 ms-1
20 ms-1

Explanation

At maximum height, the final velocity, v = 0
thus from v = u - gt
0 = u - gt
∴ U = at = 10 x 4 = 40 mls

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