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A student throws a water balloon with speed v0 from a height h = 1.76 m at an angle θ = 24° above the horizontal toward a target on the ground. The target is located a horizontal distance d = 9.5 m from the student’s feet. Assume that the balloon moves without air resistance. Use a Cartesian coordinate system with the origin at the balloon's initial position.
Determine the magnitude of the balloon's initial velocity, v0, in meters per second, by eliminating t from these two expressions:
t = d/( v0 cos(θ) ) |
y(t) = ( v0 sin(θ) ) t - ( g t2 )/( 2 ) |
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