Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Author: Katz, Debora M.
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A During the battle of Bunker Hill, Colonel William Prescott ordered the American Army to bombard the British Army camped near Boston. The projectiles had an initial velocity of v measured in meters per second at an angle θ above the horizon and an initial position that was h higher than where they hit the ground. How far did the projectiles move horizontally before they hit the ground? Ignore air resistance.
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