Suppose you are experimenting with snowballs to determine your maximum throwing range (i.e. the largest horizontal distance from start to finish that a thrown snowball can travel). You throw the ball with the initial speed of 15 m/s at an angle of 40° above the horizontal. Assuming that the snowball leaves your hand at a height of 2 m and that the ground is flat, how far from you does the snowball hit the ground? You are on earth, so the acceleration due to gravity is -10 m/s2. You may ignore air resistance. Show your work.
Suppose you are experimenting with snowballs to determine your maximum throwing range (i.e. the largest horizontal distance from start to finish that a thrown snowball can travel). You throw the ball with the initial speed of 15 m/s at an angle of 40° above the horizontal. Assuming that the snowball leaves your hand at a height of 2 m and that the ground is flat, how far from you does the snowball hit the ground? You are on earth, so the acceleration due to gravity is -10 m/s2. You may ignore air resistance. Show your work.
Given that,
The initial speed of the ball is
the angle of projection from the horizontal is
the initial height of the ball is
the acceleration due to gravity is
*negative sign indicates the acceleration is in the downward direction.
The horizontal component of the initial velocity is
The vertical component of the initial velocity is
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