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Homework Statement
The Attempt at a Solution
I've solved part (a) by solving the differential equations in the x and y directions, but for the approximation maximum range part I'm slightly confused:
1. What does it mean by "assuming the correction with k ≠ 0 is small? I tried to expand ln (1 + y) = y - y2/2 + ... to the first order but that doesn't give me a result..(unless you consider x = 0 as a result)
2. Why are there 2 maximum ranges here? The first bit is about finding the range right? Why do they call it maximum range when it is just the range at any given angle?
I know the last part involves finding the angle that gives the maximum range, which is truly the maximum range, and not as described as above..