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If the bus is taking off (literally) at a 30 degree angle, at 75mph, then there will be a motion upwards (vertical) and a motion forwards (horizontal). These motions are independent of each other, which means you can split them up and work out how far the bus travels, upwards/downwards and forwards/backwards.

This is done using good old trigonometry.
So for the vertical motion the speed at which the bus is going upwards initially is:

33.5 x sin (30) = 38 mph


The bus would decrease in speed upwards due to gravity, until it stops and then start falling, like throwing a ball upwards. How long would the bus take to rise and fall to the same level?

Final speed = initial speed + (acceleration x time)

time equals final speed minus initial spped divided by accelaration equals 1.675 seconds

1.675 seconds to reach the top of its flight.

How high has the bus gone, before it starts to comes down?



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