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23 March, 15:33

A shot is fired at an angle of 60 degree horizontal with Kinetic energy E. If air resistance is ignored, the K. E at the top of trajectory is:

0, E/8, E/4, E/2

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  1. 23 March, 16:10
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    I'm not sure what "60 degree horizontal" means.

    I'm going to assume that it means a direction aimed 60 degrees

    above the horizon and 30 degrees below the zenith.

    Now, I'll answer the question that I have invented.

    When the shot is fired with speed of 'S' in that direction,

    the horizontal component of its velocity is S cos (60) = 0.5 S,

    and the vertical component is S sin (60) = S√3/2 = 0.866 S. (rounded)

    - - 0.75 of its kinetic energy is due to its vertical velocity.

    That much of its KE gets used up by climbing against gravity.

    - - 0.25 of its kinetic energy is due to its horizontal velocity.

    That doesn't change.

    - - So at the top of its trajectory, its KE is 0.25 of what it had originally.

    That's E/4.
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