Reach of a horizontal hose jet 1.5 m up at 8 m/s

Answer: horizontal range = 4.42 m (fall time 0.553 s, impact speed 9.67 m/s).

What we know

  • Launch height: 1.5 m
  • Horizontal launch speed: 8 m/s

Step by step

Given
h = 1.5 m, v = 8 m/s
Formula
R = v·√(2h/g)
Substitute
R = 8 × √(2 × 1.5 / 9.80665)
Result
R = 4.42 m

All results

Horizontal range4.42 m
Fall time0.553 s
Impact speed9.67 m/s

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The physics

A projectile launched horizontally from a height has two independent motions: it keeps its horizontal speed unchanged while gravity accelerates it downward. The vertical drop alone sets the flight time — t = √(2h/g), exactly the free-fall time for that height — and the horizontal range is just that time multiplied by the launch speed: R = v·√(2h/g).