Part 1. A car is driving down the
highway at 30 m/s. Out of a cloudless, azure sky, a single raindrop
falls.
The raindrop strikes the side window of the car moving directly
downward at 40 m/s. It glancingly strikes the glass, skimming from
one edge of the glass to the other.
Ignore the effect of drag, gravity and surface tension. Sketch
this situation. What is the velocity (speed and angle) of the raindrop
as it moves across the glass? Describe this mathematically and in
your own words.

Q1: Ignore the effect of drag, gravity
and surface tension. Sketch this situation.
Q2: What is the velocity
(speed and angle) of the raindrop as it moves across the glass?
Describe this mathematically and in your own words.
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