small rocket is fired in a test range. It rises high into the air and soon runs out of fuel. On the way down it passes near an observer (sitting in a 20-m-high tower) who sees the rocket traveling at a speed of 30 m/s and moving in a vertical plane at an angle of 80° below horizontal. With what speed does the rocket hit the ground? _______ m/s Once the rocket passes the observer, how long does it take to hit the groun

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A small rocket is fired in a test range. It rises high into the air and soon runs out of fuel. On the way down it passes near an observer (sitting in a 20-m-high tower) who sees the rocket traveling at a speed of 30 m/s and moving in a vertical plane at an angle of 80° below horizontal.

With what speed does the rocket hit the ground?
_______ m/s
Once the rocket passes the observer, how long does it take to hit the ground?
_______ s

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