Calculating Initial Velocity of Metal Ball on Ramp

[emma3001]

Homework Statement

If I have the horizontal range and a launch angle, how can I calculate the initial velocity of a metal ball if the vertical displacement is not zero?

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The Attempt at a Solution

 

[fliinghier]

what have you tried?

what equations have you used/do you think you could use?

 

[ogb p]

To calculate the initial velocity of the metal ball, we can use the following equation: v0 = (R*cosθ)/t, where v0 is the initial velocity, R is the horizontal range, θ is the launch angle, and t is the time of flight. However, since the vertical displacement is not zero, we will also need to consider the vertical component of the initial velocity, vy0. This can be calculated using the equation vy0 = (h + R*tanθ)/t, where h is the vertical displacement. Once we have both the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the magnitude of the initial velocity, given by v0 = √(v0^2 + vy0^2).