Part A - A mortar positioned on the valley floor fires a shell that hits the top edge of a steep canyon. Initially the shell has a speed of 269 m/s and is shot at an angle of 65° above the horizontal. A soldier using a map determines the horizontal distance from the mortar to the canyon's edge is 2900 m. How high above the valley floor did the shell hit? E

Part A - A mortar positioned on the valley floor fires a shell that hits the top edge of a steep canyon. Initially the shell has a speed of 269 m/s and is shot at an angle of 65° above the horizontal. A soldier using a map determines the horizontal distance from the mortar to the canyon's edge is 2900 m. How high above the valley floor did the shell hit? E