During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air at an angle of theta degrees above the horizontal. The fuse is timed to 8.6 seconds for the shell just as it reaches its highest point above the ground. If the horizontal displacement of the shell is 144 meters when it explodes, what is the angle theta of the initial velocity ? Use g = 9.8 m/s?.

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During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air at an angle of theta degrees above the horizontal. The fuse is timed to 8.6 seconds for the shell just as it reaches
its highest point above the ground. If the horizontal displacement of the shell is 144 meters when it explodes, what is the angle theta of the initial velocity ? Use g =
9.8 m/s?.
Transcribed Image Text:During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air at an angle of theta degrees above the horizontal. The fuse is timed to 8.6 seconds for the shell just as it reaches its highest point above the ground. If the horizontal displacement of the shell is 144 meters when it explodes, what is the angle theta of the initial velocity ? Use g = 9.8 m/s?.
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