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A shell is fired from a mortar over level terrain. The firing speed is 59 m/s and the mortar is aimed 70° above the horizontal. Find the range of the shell.
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A shell is fired from a mortar over level terrain. The firing speed is 59 m/s and the mortar is aimed 70° above the horizontal. Find the range of the shell.

User Bill Burdick
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Answer:

228.23m

Step-by-step explanation:

Vy=59sin70=55.44m/s

x=V0t+1/2at^2

0=55.44t-4.9t^2

t=11.31s

Vx=59cos70=20.18m/s

Range=20.18*11.31=228.23m

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