A fighter plane moving 211.0 m/s horizontally fires a projectile with speed 47 m/s in a forward direction 30.0° below the horizontal. What is the speed of the projectile with respect to a stationary observer on the ground?       a)  240 m/s   b)  283 m/s   c)  253 m/s   d)  278 m/s

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A fighter plane moving 211.0 m/s horizontally fires a projectile with speed 47 m/s in a forward direction 30.0° below the horizontal. What is the speed of the projectile with respect to a stationary observer on the ground?
 

 

 

a) 

240 m/s
 

b) 

283 m/s
 

c) 

253 m/s
 

d) 

278 m/s
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