A naval gun aboard a ship is mounted so as to fire at 30â—¦above the horizontal.Shells...

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A naval gun aboard a ship is mounted so as to fire at 30â—¦abovethe horizontal.Shells fired from this gun have a muzzle velocity of0.35km/s. The ship makesa direct approach toward a bunker on a highclifftop 150m above sea-level.It is known that the approaches tothe shore have been heavily mined andthat no ship can come closerthan 5km.At what horizontal range from the bunker should the shipopen fire so asto strike the bunker? (Neglect air resistance, thespeed of the ship, and theheight of the gun itself abovesea-level.)

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GivenLaunch angle Launch velocity The vertical height of bunker Consider the vertical    See Answer
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