Newton’s laws of motion and their applications

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Projectile from a platform (KINEMATICS). A ball is launched from a 10 m high platform with speed 20 m/s at 37° above the horizontal. Take \(g = 10\,\text{m s}^{-2}\), \(\sin 37^\circ \approx 0.6\), \(\cos 37^\circ \approx 0.8\). What is the horizontal range until it hits the ground?

• A 41.0 m
• B 44.4 m
• C 46.0 m
• D 48.8 m

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