Posted by kia on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 11:00am.
The horizontal distance traveled is given by d = V^2(sin(2µ))/g where V = the initial velocity, g = the acceleration due to gravity and µ = the initial angle of the velocity to the horizontal.
Since the maximum d will occur when µ = 45º. Therefore, d = 17 = 3.8^2(1)g. Solve for g.
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