College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 4 - Problems - Page 150: 53

Answer

$R=204 \space Km$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required range as follows: $R=\frac{2v_i^2 \space sin\theta \space cos\theta}{g}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $R=\frac{2(1.46\times 10^3)^2 sin 55^{\theta}cos 55^{\theta}}{9.8}$ This simplifies to: $R=204 \space Km$
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