Question

Wiley Coyote, who is very hungry, is scheming again to finally get the road runner. He wants to shoot a cannon off a cliff and hit the road runner below. The road runner is standing 300 m away from the 300 m tall cliff where Wiley has camped out.

a) How fast must the cannon fire the cannonball so that Wiley can finally hit the road runner? Assume that the cannon is fired horizontally. Show your work.

b) If Wiley instead fires the cannonball at an angle of 300, how much further will the cannonball travel than it did when fired horizontal? Assume that the cannon will always fire the cannonball at the same speed. Show your work.

Answer 1