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A toy rifle is fired at an angle of 60° above the horizontal.
(a) If the pellet's initial velocity is 40ft/s, how far does it go?
(b) What is the time of flight?

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The horizontal range and time of flights for the projectile motion is analyzed. The time of flight is determined.

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A toy rifle is fired at an angle of 60° above the horizontal.
(a) If the pellet's initial velocity is 40ft/s, how far does it go?
(b) What is the time of flight?
When a projectile fired at angle  to the horizontal with velocity u, as the acceleration due to gravity g is vertically downwards, the velocity of ...

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