A stone is thrown horizontally at 60.0 m/sm/s from the top of a very tall cliff. Calculate its horizontal position and vertical position at 2.00 ss intervals for the first 10.0 ss .

X-Positions:                                         Y-Positions

x(0) = 0                                                   y(0) = 0

x(2) = 120 m                                           y(2) = 19.6 m

x(4) = 240 m                                          y(4) = 78.4 m

x(6) = 360 m                                          y(6) = 176.4 m

x(8) = 480 m                                          y(8) = 313 m

x(10) = 600m                                         y (10) = 490 m

Explanation:

X-Positions

First, we choose to take the horizontal direction as our x-axis, and the positive x-axis as positive.After being thrown, in the horizontal direction, no external influence acts on the stone, so it will continue in the same direction at the same initial speed of 60. 0 m/sSo, in order to know the horizontal position at any time t, we can apply the definition of average velocity, rearranging terms, as follows:

       

It can be seen that after 2 s, the displacement will be 120 m, and each 2 seconds, as the speed is constant, the displacement will increase in the same 120 m each time.

Y-Positions

We choose to take the vertical direction as our y-axis, taking the downward direction as our positive axis.As both axes are  perpendicular each other, both movements are independent each other also, so, in the vertical direction, the stone starts from rest.At any moment, it is subject to the acceleration of gravity, g.As the acceleration is constant, we can find the vertical displacement (taking the  height of the cliff as the initial reference level), using the following kinematic equation:

       

Replacing by the values of t, we get the following vertical positions, from the height of the cliff as y = 0:y(2) = 2* 9.8 m/s2 = 19.6 my(4) = 8* 9.8 m/s2 = 78.4 my(6) = 18*9.8 m/s2 = 176.4 my(8) = 32*9.8 m/s2 = 313.6 my(10)= 50 * 9.8 m/s2 = 490.0 m

Independent variable is something that is changed in a experiment.