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Homework Statement
A firefighter on the street is trying to spray water from a hose to a building a horizontal distance x1 through a window a height h above the height of the hose (see figure in image below). For a given initial speed vo of water from the hose, we would like to future out if the water will reach the window, and if it does, then what angle (and how many angles are there) does he need to aim the hose at. (The questions are in the image below)
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1237/firefighter.th.gif
Homework Equations
t = d / (v cos θ)
h = -4.9 sin θ t^2 + v sin θ t
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried subbing in the horizontal time equation for t in the vertical displacement equation. But no luck for a. Any hints on how to prove the equation for a?
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