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On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hita golf ball with a 6 iron. The acceleration due to gravity on themoon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose he hits the ball with aspeed of 18 m/s at an angle 45 ∘ above the horizontal. a)How muchfarther did the ball travel on the moon than it would have onearth? b)For how much more time was the ball in flight?

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