A ball being shot from level ground with a twist

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The discussion revolves around determining the launch angle of a ball shot from level ground towards a wall at a distance "x." The graph of the y component of velocity is given as a linear equation, y = -0.5x + 5, which indicates the relationship between the distance and vertical velocity just before reaching the wall. The user has identified the initial vertical velocity (vo) as 5 m/s and acceleration due to gravity as -9.8 m/s², but struggles with the lack of time information to solve for the initial velocity. They attempted to use trigonometric relationships involving the horizontal and vertical components of velocity but found it unhelpful. The suggestion is to incorporate the dependency of x on time to progress in solving the problem.
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Not a literal twist! It's just a bit more complex.

Homework Statement



A ball is to be shot from level ground toward a wall at a distance "x". I am given the graph of the y component of velocity just as it would reach the wall, as a function of that distance x(m). Here's the equation of the line:y=-.5x+5, [0, 20]
What is the launch angle?

Homework Equations


v = vo +at
x = xo + Vot + .5at2
v2 = (vo)2 + 2a(x - xo)

The Attempt at a Solution



So I wrote out all I knew about the x and y components
y: vo = 5, a = -9.8, xo = 0
x: a=0

I attempted to created a triangle of the horizantal and vertical components of velocity and the initial velocity as the hypotenuse solve with trig. I got
sin(θ)= (5)/(V)
tan(θ)= (5)/(vox)
No help.
I really am stuck! Using kinematics, you can't find the initial velocity because you don't know the time. You can't find the time, because you don't know where in the 20 m of the trajectory the ball hit the wall (according to my interpretation of the problem) Ah! If you could help I would be so grateful!
Thank you so much!
 
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x depends on time. Use this dependency.
 
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