3.7.1 Apollo 14 (Alan Shepard's golfing trip)
Channel: Jorge Munoz
Date: 2021-12-28

This problem is divided in two. Please check 3.7.2 for the rest. 

On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, back in the day, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball with a 6 iron. The free-fall acceleration on the moon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose he hit the ball with a speed of 25 m/s at an angle 30° above the horizontal.

1. How much farther did the ball travel on the moon than it would have on earth? The answer is 276 meters.

 2. For how much more time was the ball in flight? The answer is 12.75 seconds.