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Dr. Drew throws a rock from a 100 meter cliff. He throws it at 40 m/sec at an angle of 20 degrees above the horizontal. What is the total displacement of the rock in meters?

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San 40 Sinzo homls 21 20 → 4oCoszo° loom Initial speed of rock in horizontal direction Un = 40 Coszo = 37.59 m/s Initial spe

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