A football player kicks a ball at an angle of 36 degrees from the horizontal with an initial speed of 15.5 m/s. Assuming that the ball moves in a vertical plane, find a) The time, t 1 at which the ball reaches the highest point of its trajectory. b) Its maximum height c) Its time of flight and range, and

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A football player kicks a ball at an angle of 36 degrees from the horizontal with an initial speed of 15.5 m/s. Assuming that the ball moves in a vertical plane, find
a) The time, t 1 at which the ball reaches the highest point of its trajectory.
b) Its maximum height
c) Its time of flight and range, and
d) Its velocity when it strikes the ground

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