Astudent sits atop a platform a distance h above the ground. he throws a pingpong ball horizontally with a speed v. however, a wind blowing parallel to the ground gives the pingpong ball a constant horizontal acceleration with magnitude a. this results in the pingpong ball reaching the ground directly under the student.
determine the height h in terms of v, a, and g. this is a somewhat unphysical problem in that you can ignore the effect of air resistance on the vertical motion, but clearly the wind has a big affect on the horizontal motion.