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Target Range
A cannon ball is fired and passes through two given points. The task is to discover the range of the cannon ball, the angle of projection, and the initial velocity. Solving the problem involves using the fact that the trajectory is a parabola, substituting in the coordinates given, and then solving the resulting simultaneous equations.
Further work makes use of separating the vertical and horizontal components of motion.
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