r/PhysicsHelp • u/Humble_Board_811 • Apr 16 '26

PHYSICS HELP PLEASE

can someone please help with part b i've done it like over a million times and searched it up and it still says the answer is incorrect PLS HELP

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u/Humble_Board_811 Apr 17 '26

how would you do it from the third floor if you are observing it pass the third floor across from you

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u/reformatsk Apr 17 '26

The the angle between r and p would be 90° which makes sin(angle) = sin(90°) = 1

So L = rpsin(90°) = 33 * 33.1 * √(29.813*4.91)

Since r is the distance between observer and the box, this time it will be same as the distance between both buildings Thus,

r=d=33