At a local pumpkin patch, Ximena is hired to create a Hallowe'en gourd launcher. Ximena wants to launch a 1.13kg gourd (decorated as an "Angry Bird") at a large pumpkin (decorated as a "pig") which sits on top of a h = 2.39 tall hay bale as shown in the figure. Assume that the gourd undergoes projectile motion and that it hits the pumpkin ("pig") with a velocity of v = 5.12 x + 0y m/s . (You may assume the initial height of where the gourd is launched from to be negligible.) What was the angle above the horizontal at which the gourd was launched?

At a local pumpkin patch, Ximena is hired to create a Hallowe'en gourd launcher. Ximena wants to launch a 1.13kg gourd (decorated as an "Angry Bird") at a large pumpkin (decorated as a "pig") which sits on top of a h = 2.39 tall hay bale as shown in the figure. Assume that the gourd undergoes projectile motion and that it hits the pumpkin ("pig") with a velocity of v = 5.12 x + 0y m/s . (You may assume the initial height of where the gourd is launched from to be negligible.) What was the angle above the horizontal at which the gourd was launched?

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Author:Katz, Debora M.

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Chapter14: Static Equilibrium, Elasticity, And Fracture

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