Question

A car carrying the infamous G.W. Shrub is driving along a remote section of highway 317 (a.k.a. N. Lone Star Parkway) that runs parallel to a 43 m tall cliff just north of Crawford in McLennan County. G.W. is driving a convertible with the top down while you are standing at the top of the cliff with a water balloon launcher that you have experimentally determined has a maximum range of 65 m measured along level ground from the base of the cliff. As luck would have it, the exact distance from the centerline of the highway to the base of the cliff is 65 m. Determine the location of G.W.’s car, measured in degrees from the perpendicular line from your launch position to the highway, at the instant you must release the water balloon in order to strike G.W. given he is traveling at a speed of 125 mph.

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