To start an avalanche on a mountain slope, an artillery shell is fired with an initial velocity of 290 m/s at 51.0° above the horizontal. It explodes on the mountainside 35.0 s after firing. What are the x and y coordinates of the shell where it explodes, relative to its firing point? m y =

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To start an avalanche on a mountain slope, an artillery shell is fired with an initial velocity of 290 m/s at 51.0° above the horizontal. It explodes on the mountainside 35.0 s after firing. What are
the x and y coordinates of the shell where it explodes, relative to its firing point?
X =
m
y =
Transcribed Image Text:To start an avalanche on a mountain slope, an artillery shell is fired with an initial velocity of 290 m/s at 51.0° above the horizontal. It explodes on the mountainside 35.0 s after firing. What are the x and y coordinates of the shell where it explodes, relative to its firing point? X = m y =
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