A projectile has an initial velocity of 45m/s at an angle of 53° with respect to the horizontal and begins at ground level a) What are the x and y components of the projectile's initial velocity? b) What's the maximum height of the projectile? c) How far away from where it begins does the object strike the ground? d) What's the magnitude and direction of the projectile's velocity at t=3s? e) What's the displacement of the object(magnitude and direction) when its velocity in the y-direction is equal to +5m/s?

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A projectile has an initial velocity of 45m/s at an angle of 53° with respect to the horizontal and begins at ground level

a) What are the x and y components of the projectile's initial velocity?

b) What's the maximum height of the projectile?

c) How far away from where it begins does the object strike the ground?

d) What's the magnitude and direction of the projectile's velocity at t=3s?

e) What's the displacement of the object(magnitude and direction) when its velocity in the y-direction is equal to +5m/s?

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