A rocket is fired from the ground with a velocity of 760 m/s at an angle of 49° above the level ground. Find: the vertical (y) component of the velocity? the horizontal (x) part of the velocity? the total time the rocket is in the air, assuming it returns to ground level?

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A rocket is fired from the ground with a velocity of 760 m/s at an angle of 49° above the level ground.

Find:

the vertical (y) component of the velocity?

the horizontal (x) part of the velocity?

the total time the rocket is in the air, assuming it returns to ground level?

the maximum height reached by the rocket?

the horizontal distance traveled by the rocket before it strikes the ground?

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