A father demonstrates projectile motion to his children byplacing a pea on his fork’s handle and rapidly depressing thecurved tines, launching the pea to heights above the diningroom table. Suppose the pea is launched at 8.25 m/s at anangle of 75.0° above the table. With what speed does the peastrike the ceiling 2.00 m above the table?

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A father demonstrates projectile motion to his children by
placing a pea on his fork’s handle and rapidly depressing the
curved tines, launching the pea to heights above the dining
room table. Suppose the pea is launched at 8.25 m/s at an
angle of 75.0° above the table. With what speed does the pea
strike the ceiling 2.00 m above the table?

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