susan has designed a device that fires a cannon into the harbor. the cannon has an initial velocity of 52.5 m/s tilted upward 75 degrees. a few seconds later the cannon reached the highest point of it's projectile motion above the harbor. what is the horizontal component of the cannon's velocity in m/s at that point of its motion?

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susan has designed a device that fires a cannon into the harbor. the cannon has an initial velocity of 52.5 m/s tilted upward 75 degrees. a few seconds later the cannon reached the highest point of it's projectile motion above the harbor.

what is the horizontal component of the cannon's velocity in m/s at that point of its motion?

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