During the Olympic Games, a shot putter threw a shot put with a speed of 14.0 m/s at an angle of 40 degrees above the horizontal. She released the shot put from a height of 2 m above the ground. a.) How long was it until the shot put hit the ground? b.)How far did the shot put travel in the horizontal direction? c.) What is the shot put's velocity vector (in Cartesian components) just before hitting the ground?

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During the Olympic Games, a shot putter threw a shot put with a speed of 14.0 m/s at an angle of 40 degrees above the horizontal. She released the shot put from a height of 2 m above the ground.

a.) How long was it until the shot put hit the ground?

b.)How far did the shot put travel in the horizontal direction?

c.) What is the shot put's velocity vector (in Cartesian components) just before hitting the ground?

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