College Physics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 52GP
|| An archer shoots an arrow at an apple that is sitting on a post. The arrow and the apple are initially at the same height. If the arrow has an initial speed of 75 m/s and the apple is 30 m away, at what launch angle should the archer aim the arrow?
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