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A cannon is fired at 30 degrees above the horizontal with a velocity of 200 m/s from the edge of a 125 m high cliff. Calculate where the cannonball lands on the level plain below.

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Sean

  1. just plug your numbers into

    y = tanθ x - g/(2(v cosθ)^2) x^2
    and solve for x when y = -125

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