A cannonball is launched diagonally with an initial horizontal velocity of 30.0m/s and an initial vertical velocity of 34.0m/s. Label the hypotenuse, opposite side and adjacent side, and determine all unknowns. initial velocity: m/s initial horizontal velocity: m/s initial vertical velocity: m/s At what angle, with the horizontal, was the cannonball launched?

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A cannonball is launched diagonally with an initial horizontal velocity of 30.0m/s
and an initial vertical velocity of 34.0m/s. Label the hypotenuse, opposite side and
adjacent side, and determine all unknowns.
initial velocity:
m/s
initial horizontal velocity:
m/s
initial vertical velocity:
m/s
At what angle, with the horizontal, was the cannonball launched?
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Transcribed Image Text:A cannonball is launched diagonally with an initial horizontal velocity of 30.0m/s and an initial vertical velocity of 34.0m/s. Label the hypotenuse, opposite side and adjacent side, and determine all unknowns. initial velocity: m/s initial horizontal velocity: m/s initial vertical velocity: m/s At what angle, with the horizontal, was the cannonball launched? ?
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The initial horizontal velocity of the cannonball is given as vh=30 ms

The initial vertical velocity of the cannonball is given as vv=34 ms

 

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