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Or I guess you could have said to rotate by \phi , right? :-) Does anyone have a more elegant solution? It seems to be lurking in there somewhere...

Homework Statement A boy stands at the peak of a hill which slopes downward uniformly at angle \phi . At what angle \theta from the horizontal should he throw a rock so that is has the greatest range. (Source: Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow) Homework Equations I suppose...