A student throws a water balloon with speed v0 from a height h = 1.74 m at an angle θ = 27° above the horizontal toward a target on the ground. The target is located a horizontal distance d = 5.5 m from the student’s feet. Assume that the balloon moves without air resistance. Use a Cartesian coordinate system with the origin at the balloon's initial position. What is the position vector, Rtarget, that originates from the balloon's original position and terminates at the target? Put this in terms of h and d, and represent it as a vector using i and j.

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 A student throws a water balloon with speed v0 from a height h = 1.74 m at an angle θ = 27° above the horizontal toward a target on the ground. The target is located a horizontal distance d = 5.5 m from the student’s feet. Assume that the balloon moves without air resistance. Use a Cartesian coordinate system with the origin at the balloon's initial position.

What is the position vector, Rtarget, that originates from the balloon's original position and terminates at the target? Put this in terms of h and d, and represent it as a vector using i and j

 

 

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