A medieval city has the shape of a square and is protected by walls with length 500 m and height 15 m. You are the commander of an attacking army and the closest you can get to the wall is 100 m. Your plan is to set fire to the city by catapulting heated rocks over the wall (with an initial speed of ( 80m/s). At what range of angles should you tell your men to set the catapult? (Assume the path of the rocks is perpendicular to the wall.)

A medieval city has the shape of a square and is protected by walls with length 500 m and height 15 m. You are the commander of an attacking army and the closest you can get to the wall is 100 m. Your plan is to set fire to the city by catapulting heated rocks over the wall (with an initial speed of ( 80m/s). At what range of angles should you tell your men to set the catapult? (Assume the path of the rocks is perpendicular to the wall.)

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A medieval city has the shape of a square and is
protected
by walls with length 500 m and height 15 m. You are the
commander of an attacking army and the closest you can
get to the wall is 100 m. Your plan is to set fire to the city
by catapulting heated rocks over the wall (with an initial
speed of ( 80m/s). At what range of angles should you
tell
your men to set the catapult? (Assume the path of the
rocks is perpendicular to the wall.)

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