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kvan
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Homework Statement
An artillery gun is trying to hit a target that is 12.5 km away. If the shell is fired at 650 ms-1 at what angle above the horizontal should the gun be fired to hit the target assuming that air resistance is negligible? [g=9.8 ms-2]
Homework Equations
I tried using [tex] v^2_y = v^2_0_y + 2gt [/tex] and [tex] v_x = \frac{d_x}{t} [/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried breaking the 650m/s into component vectors for x and y. I used the y component to try and find time it took to reach maximum height, then doubled this value to find total time. I used this value for time and plugged it into v=d/t in an attempt to maybe create an equation where I could find the angle for the cannon.
I got stuck at that point and I don't really know what to do. Any suggestions?