My professor gave us no solutions and my final is in two days PLEASE HELP

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The discussion revolves around a student struggling with a projectile motion problem from a practice exam, expressing frustration over the lack of provided solutions from their professor. They share their approach to solving the problem, using equations related to radius of curvature and final velocity. Another participant emphasizes the importance of showing work when seeking help, confirming the student's calculations as correct. The student initially doubted their method but received validation for their solution. The exchange highlights the challenges of studying without guidance and the collaborative nature of problem-solving in academic settings.
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I cannot for the love of god figure out to do this projectile motion problem, the first problem on this practice exam. Our professor for whatever reason decided not to give a solution page. Somebody PLEASE explain the first problem to me...and if youre feeling brave itd be nice if you could do a few of the others.

I uploaded the pdf to sharebeast, the link is here http://www.sharebeast.com/ozpiopxlfzg6

edit: didnt realize you can just add attachments on here, so i did
 

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Well, since this isn't "Do Your Homework For You.com", you'll need to actually show some work first. That is a simple projectile motion problem, you must have some idea on how to do it.
 
sorry I didnt imply it to be that, i just assumed I did this problem completely wrong.. well this is how I did it

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i used rho= (v_final)^2/a_normal where rho is the radius of curvature and v_final would be at the top of the arc. plugging in, rho=7.5 m, a_normal=10 g/s^2 giving you v_final=sqrt(75)

applying v_final= v_o + at, in th x direction gives sqrt(75) = v_o*cos(30) which would mean v_o = 10 m/s

is this correct?
 
Yes, that's correct.
 
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