A toy rocket launcher can project a toy rocket at a speed as high as 37.0 m/s.
(a) If air resistance can be ignored, how high (in m) would a toy rocket launched at this speed rise if projected straight up?
Standard sign convention calls for up to be positive and down to be negative. If you use the standard sign convention, is the acceleration in the y-direction positive or negative? What is the velocity at the top of the trajectory?
(b) How long would the toy rocket be in the air (in s)?
Did you start by writing an expression for the y-position as a function of time? What is the value for the final y-position? Note, you do not need to solve a quadratic to determine the value requested.
