document.write( "Question 1176901: Water shoots out from a fountain at 40 m/s at an angle of 55° above the horizontal.\r
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document.write( "Vertical component of the initial velocity is   = 40*sin(55°) = 40*0.8189 = 32.75 m/s.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The time for water to get the maximum height is   =  =  = 3.28 seconds.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The time of the flight is  (assuming that the hose is at the ground level)\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  = 2*3.28 = 6.55 seconds.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The maximum height =  =  = 53.8 meters.\r\n" );
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