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In 1971 astronaut Alan Shepard took a golf club to the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is about g/6. If he struck a ball with the a speed and launch angle that would result in a maximum...

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In 1971 astronaut Alan Shepard took a golf club to the Moon, where the acceleration due to
gravity is about g/6. If he struck a ball with the a speed and launch angle that would result in
a maximum 120m horizontal range on Earth, how far would it go?
Answered Same Day Dec 22, 2021

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Robert answered on Dec 22 2021
121 Votes
Motion of the ball will be projectile motion.
Horizontal range
= Horizontal distance travelled by the ball
= Horizontal component of velocity of projection x Time of flight. …… (1)
Let us assume, u is velocity of projection and “a” is angle. So, (u. cos a ) is horizontal component of...
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