The 222nd Field Artillery is practice firing at an old tank on the level plain below the hillside they are entrenched on. The hillside where they are located is 106 m above the valley floor. a) With a charge-five muzzle velocity of 811 m/s and the barrel elevated at 34° above the horizontal, how far will the shell go (downrange distance)? b) What will the velocity be at the instant the shell strikes the ground (magnitude and direction)?

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The 222nd Field Artillery is practice firing at an old tank on the level plain below the hillside they are entrenched on. The hillside where they are located is 106 m above the valley floor.

a) With a charge-five muzzle velocity of 811 m/s and the barrel elevated at 34° above the horizontal, how far will the shell go (downrange distance)?

b) What will the velocity be at the instant the shell strikes the ground (magnitude and direction)?

Can you answer both a and b

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