You build a potato cannon. It has a barrel 1.5 meters long, and want to find out some interesting information about it. With a test fire, you set the cannon to 35 degrees from the ground and fire! The .2 kg potato launches out of the barrel at 30 m/s! How far away do we have to walk to collect our newly formed hash browns?

You build a potato cannon. It has a barrel 1.5 meters long, and want to find out some interesting information about it. With a test fire, you set the cannon to 35 degrees from the ground and fire! The .2 kg potato launches out of the barrel at 30 m/s! How far away do we have to walk to collect our newly formed hash browns?

University Physics Volume 1

18th Edition

ISBN:9781938168277

Author:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Publisher:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Chapter5: Newton's Law Of Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

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