A boy wants to hit a target on upper branches of a tree by throwing a small stone. The boy is a distance away from the tree and he throws the stone with an angle 0 above the ground. If the target's height is y above the point where the boy throws the stone, which of the followings gives the correct expression for minimum throwing speed of the stone to hit the target. (Ignore air resistance) Select one: O a. y sin 0 I cos e O b. g cos e y sin e C. sin 0 cos 0 O d. V Gy tan 0 g sin 0 V x cos e e.

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A boy wants to hit a target on upper branches of a tree by throwing a small stone. The boy is a distance away from the tree and he throws the
stone with an angle 0 above the ground. If the target's height is y above the point where the boy throws the stone, which of the followings gives
the correct expression for minimum throwing speed of the stone to hit the target. (Ignore air resistance)
Select one:
O a.
y sin 0,
I cos 0
g cos e
V y sin 0
gx
sin 0 cos 0
O d.
gy tan 0
O e.
g sin e
x cos O
Transcribed Image Text:A boy wants to hit a target on upper branches of a tree by throwing a small stone. The boy is a distance away from the tree and he throws the stone with an angle 0 above the ground. If the target's height is y above the point where the boy throws the stone, which of the followings gives the correct expression for minimum throwing speed of the stone to hit the target. (Ignore air resistance) Select one: O a. y sin 0, I cos 0 g cos e V y sin 0 gx sin 0 cos 0 O d. gy tan 0 O e. g sin e x cos O
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