Jack shoots a pumpkin on a catapult from the ground at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal with an initial velocity of 33 m/s. 1) How long will it take the pumpkin to land on the ground? 2) If the catapult from the previous problem were aimed at 60 degrees above the horizontal instead of only 30 degrees, would it take the pumpkin a shorter, longer, or the same amount of time to land?

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Jack shoots a pumpkin on a catapult from the ground at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal with an initial velocity of 33 m/s.

1) How long will it take the pumpkin to land on the ground?

2) If the catapult from the previous problem were aimed at 60 degrees above the horizontal instead of only 30 degrees, would it take the pumpkin a shorter, longer, or the same amount of time to land?

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