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4.5 Exercise 37

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World’s Longest Par 3. The tee of the world’s longest par 3 sits atop South Africa’s Hanglip Mountain at 400.0 m above the green and can only be reached by helicopter. The horizontal distance to the green is 359.0 m. Neglect air resistance and answer the following questions. (a) If a golfer launches a shot that is 40°40 ° with respect to the horizontal, what initial velocity must she give the ball? (b) What is the time to reach the green?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 4.5 Relative Motion in One and Two Dimensions, exercise 37

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