6. A projectile is launched with an initial speed vo at an angle 0 (here 0 <0 < 7/2). The height as a function of time, h(t), is shown in a graph bclow. The equation for h(t) is approximately given by h(t) = -16t + (vo sin 0)t. h(t) (a) Find the maximum height reached. (b) Find the time it takes to reach the ground again. [hint: set h(t) = 0] (c) The distance it travels horizontally as a function of time, r(t), is given by r(t) = (vo cos 0)t. How far has the projectile traveled (horizontally) by the time it reaches the ground again? Call this distance X. [hint: use part (b)]

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6. A projectile is launched with an initial speed vo at an angle 0 (here 0SO S T/2). The height
as a function of time, h(t), is shown in a graph below. The cquation for h(t) is approximatcly
given by
h(t) = -16t + (vo sin 0)t.
h(t)
(a) Find the maximum height reachcd.
(b) Find thc time it takes to reach the ground again. hint: sct h(t) = 0]
(c) The distance it travels horizontally as a function of time, r(t), is given by r(t) = (vo cos 0)t.
How far has the projectile traveled (horizontally) by the time it reachcs the ground again?
Call this distance X. [hint: use part (b)I
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(d) Notice the answer to (c) depends on the launch angle 0, so we can think of X as a function
of 0, X (0). Find the angle that will result in the farthest distance traveled. [i.c. which 0
maximizes X(0)?]
Transcribed Image Text:6. A projectile is launched with an initial speed vo at an angle 0 (here 0SO S T/2). The height as a function of time, h(t), is shown in a graph below. The cquation for h(t) is approximatcly given by h(t) = -16t + (vo sin 0)t. h(t) (a) Find the maximum height reachcd. (b) Find thc time it takes to reach the ground again. hint: sct h(t) = 0] (c) The distance it travels horizontally as a function of time, r(t), is given by r(t) = (vo cos 0)t. How far has the projectile traveled (horizontally) by the time it reachcs the ground again? Call this distance X. [hint: use part (b)I %3D (d) Notice the answer to (c) depends on the launch angle 0, so we can think of X as a function of 0, X (0). Find the angle that will result in the farthest distance traveled. [i.c. which 0 maximizes X(0)?]
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