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Projection Under uniform Acceleration
Question

A cannon on a level plane is aimed at an angle θ above the horizontal and a shell is fired with a muzzle velocity v0 towards a vertical cliff a distance D away, Then the height from the bottom at which the shell strikes the side walls of the cliff is

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Solution

The time taken to move a horizontal distance D is given by

t=D/v0cosθ

The vertical distance moved in this time

h=v0sinθ×D/v0cosθ12gD/v0cosθ2=DsinθcosθgD22v02cos2θ=DtanθgD22v02cos2θ

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