Find out the range!
Classical Mechanics
Level
4
A regular hexagon of side 1 unit stands with one side on the ground and a particle projected so as to graze its four upper vertices.Find out the range.
The answer is 2.6458.
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1 solution
My approach is to use 'coordinate geometry'.
Use interpolation to find out the equation of the trajectory.
Find the difference of root of the parabola.
(I think this is not a physics approach......)