During World War I, the Germans had a gun
called Big Bertha that was used to shell Paris.
The shell had an initial speed of 2.41 km/s at
an initial inclination of 61.5 to the horizontal.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
How far away did the shell hit?
Answer in units of km
First we have to find Vy
Vy = 2410 m/s * sin 61.5
= 2410 m/s * 0.8788
=2117.908 m/s.
When the shell reaches it's maximum height the vertical velocity component will be zero
based on that theorem let's apply linear motion equation
V = u + at
0 = 2117.908 m/s - 9.8 m/S^2 * (t)
t = 216.1130 s
As the shell has to go upward and comes back to earth the shell will require a same amount of time in order to reach earth again so the total time that shell will spend on the air will be
2*t
= 432.226 s
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