You are trying to throw your keys up to your friend who is in a 2nd story window. You stand 15 feet from the house and the window is 18 feet high. If you throw the keys at an angle of 60, what speed would they need to make it

You are trying to throw your keys up to your friend who is in a 2nd story window. You stand 15 feet from the house and the window is 18 feet high. If you throw the keys at an angle of 60, what speed would they need to make it

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Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

5th Edition

ISBN:9781133104261

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter3: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 9P

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