Two golf balls are thrown with the same speed off the top of a large bridge at the same time. ball a is thrown straight downward, and ball b is thrown horizontally off the bridge. which ball hits the ground first?
a. ball a
b. ball b
c. both balls hit at the same time.
d. we would need to know the speed.

Awind turbine is rotating counterclockwise at 0.5 rev/s and slows to a stop in 10 s. its blades are 20 m in length. (a) what is the angular acceleration of the turbine? (b) what is the centripetal acceleration of the tip of the blades at t=0s? (c) what is the magnitude and direction of the total linear acceleration of the tip of the blades at t=0s?