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I guess that makes sense; I just can't picture it in my head. Good thing I'm just a psych major, and most of the physics I'll do in my life will involve an open book, a pencil and a paper! ;)

Thank goodness you were on. I looked through when I saw that and didn't see that equation anywhere in the book. I think since this is an intro physics book based on algebra, we had specific equations for specific instances. Okay, I took it down to arcsin(Rg/v^2)/2 = \theta and got 18.9...

All right, before I look like a big idiot, I want to preface this with a statement that I have been through Cal III, Abstract Algebra, I'm a senior in college, and I got a 620 on the math portion of the SAT. And I CANNOT get this basic problem in projectile motion figured out. Physics has...