It's a form of mechanical energy
4. The Coyote has an initial position vector of
.
4a. The Coyote has an initial velocity vector of
. His position at time
is given by the vector

where
is the Coyote's acceleration vector at time
. He experiences acceleration only in the downward direction because of gravity, and in particular
where
. Splitting up the position vector into components, we have
with


The Coyote hits the ground when
:

4b. Here we evaluate
at the time found in (4a).

5. The shell has initial position vector
, and we're told that after some time the bullet (now separated from the shell) has a position of
.
5a. The vertical component of the shell's position vector is

We find the shell hits the ground at

5b. The horizontal component of the bullet's position vector is

where
is the muzzle velocity of the bullet. It traveled 3500 m in the time it took the shell to fall to the ground, so we can solve for
:

A) Vector A
The x-component of a vector can be found by using the formula

where
v is the magnitude of the vector
is the angle between the x-axis and the direction of the vector
- Vector A has a magnitude of 50 units along the positive x-direction, so
. So its x-component is

- Vector B has a magnitude of 120 units and the direction is
(negative since it is below the x-axis), so the x-component is

So, vector A has the greater x component.
B) Vector B
Instead, the y-component of a vector can be found by using the formula

Here we have
- Vector B has a magnitude of 50 units along the positive x-direction, so
. So its y-component is

- Vector B has a magnitude of 120 units and the direction is
, so the y-component is

where the negative sign means the direction is along negative y:
So, vector B has the greater y component.