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Homework Statement
A ball is thrown eastward across level ground. A wind blows horizontally to the east, and assume that the effect of the wind is to provide a constant force to the east, equal in magnitude to the weight of the ball. At what angle theta (to the horizxontal) should the ball be thrown to have maximum horizontal distance
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The Attempt at a Solution
is this correct
I believe the final vector for maximum distance should be v = i + j
The vector for the wind is w = mass(ball)i
So the vector of the ball being thrown pluss the wind vector, must equal the final vector v
mass(ball)i + xi + yj = i + j
x = 1-mass(ball), and y = 1
thus the thrown vector is (1-mass(ball))i + y