Common Sense With God
The previous problem was proof that I am a god.Anyways,using my godly powers, I throw a car at 271.8 m/s.If I want it to reach exactly 3141 meters horizontally from the starting point,what angle should I throw it at?
Bonus: Generalize the formula for angle given range and velocity
Use all quantities rounded to 2 decimals places.
Calculators allowed
Degrees
The answer is 12.33.
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1 solution
Just rearrange the range formula.You will get arcsin(gr/v^2)/2 = theta.