Question

A gun can fire a bullet at 540 m/s. If the gun is aimed at an angle of 55o above the horizontal and fired, what will be the horizontal and vertical components of the gun's velocity?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The initial vertical velocity is 540sin55° = 442.342103... 442 m/s

The initial horizontal velocity is 540cos55° = 309.731275... 310 m/s

In the real world, both initial velocities would be reduced by air resistance and vertical velocity will be altered by gravity.