Spitting cobras can defend themselves by squeezing muscles around their venom glands to squirt venom at...

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Spitting cobras can defend themselves by squeezing musclesaround their venom glands to squirt venom at an attacker. Suppose aspitting cobra rears up to a height of 0.400 m above the ground andlaunches venom at 4.00 m/s, directed 59.0° above the horizon.Neglecting air resistance, find the horizontal distance (in m)traveled by the venom before it hits the ground.

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Let us consider the upwards direction as positive and thedownwards direction as negativeGravitational acceleration g 981 ms2Initial velocity of the venom V 4 msAngle at which    See Answer
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