You have a bird... that is very angry. His unique ability is to emit poisonous gas for a radius of 3.5 meters from its landing spot. The enemy has been located 15 meters away from you at the same elevation you are currently located at. You are capable of launching this bird with your catapult with a horizontal velocity of 5.7m/s at a launch angle of 42 degrees. You want to be located the maximum distance from the enemy as possible yet still have the poison achieve its objective (as far away as possible, yet still poison the enemy). What is the ideal location you will move to in order to launch this bird and still affect the target enemy (indicate + or - as a translation from your current location)?

You have a bird... that is very angry. His unique ability is to emit poisonous gas for a radius of 3.5 meters from its landing spot. The enemy has been located 15 meters away from you at the same elevation you are currently located at. You are capable of launching this bird with your catapult with a horizontal velocity of 5.7m/s at a launch angle of 42 degrees. You want to be located the maximum distance from the enemy as possible yet still have the poison achieve its objective (as far away as possible, yet still poison the enemy). What is the ideal location you will move to in order to launch this bird and still affect the target enemy (indicate + or - as a translation from your current location)?

University Physics Volume 1

18th Edition

ISBN:9781938168277

Author:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Publisher:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Chapter4: Motion In Two And Three Dimensions

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