College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 3, Problem 23P
|| Show that a projectile achieves its maximum range when it is fired at 45° above the horizontal if y = y0.
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