During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air with an initial speed of 70 m s-1 at an angle of 75º above the horizontal, as illustrated in Diagram FD. The fuse is made so that the shell explodes just as it reaches its highest point above the ground. Calculate the height at which the shell explodes.

During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air with an initial speed of 70 m s-1 at an angle of 75º above the horizontal, as illustrated in Diagram FD. The fuse is made so that the shell explodes just as it reaches its highest point above the ground. Calculate the height at which the shell explodes.

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During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air with an initial speed of 70 m s^-1 at an angle of 75º above the horizontal, as illustrated in Diagram FD. The fuse is made so that the shell explodes just as it reaches its highest point above the ground.

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