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Nate-2016
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Homework Statement
A projectile was launched from the top of a 100m tower upward at an angle theta to the horizontal with an initial velocity of 36m/s. The time of flight of the projectile was 8 seconds.
Determine:
i) The angle of projection
ii) The maximum height reached by the projectile
Homework Equations
S=ut+1/2at^2
The Attempt at a Solution
I am used to solving these questions when i am not given time but given both the horizontal and vertical distances. At which I use the quadratic formula to solve for theta. However in this case I can not do that as when i split my horizontal and vertical components and apply the above equations I am left with these.
Horizontally
S=36cos(?)*8
Vertically
-100=36sin(?)*8+0.5*-9.81*64
I have tried rearranging the vertical formulas to solve for theta
-1/2*-9.81*64-100/8=36sin(?)
301.42 = 36*sin(?)
sin-1(36/301.42) = 6.85 degrees
I really don't think that the answer is correct. The lecture who set the question will not give any answers.