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MATH PROBLEMS or HISTORY Student Name:_Ho\) H Baryon Week 9 1. Use the formula for the maximum height of a projectile to mathematically verify the following statement from Galileo: (5 points) ital reaches a maximum A projectile fired at a given initial speed at an angle et to the horic height of 5000 if « = 45°, then with the same initial speed it will reach a height of 2499 when = 30° and a height of 7502 whena=60. 5 > \p= initiatvetecity Maximum height formula? H= Ye 2yqq: (442.72)'sin'30 75 02= (442.72) sino ~~ 208.8 214.8) | sooo No?sia245 2494 ~ (14000) Ya) ae custudee Com) Taw aroha 1h 43000= yo? swh4S 1NG% = 1500 1502 # 1500 qgooo- V2) (4yo00 = Vo™ Althnnigh not exact, usung the formato fr the 442,72 No imoxiniam heiaht of @ pvojechle, [tis (aoe . obtaun proximate Figures that verify Galileo's stoltoment. nd given that Mars’s mean distance from the sun 2. Given that the period of the earth is 1_year, use Kepler's third law to determine the period of is 1.524 times that of the earth's mean distac« its 3 ig la to determine Mars. (5 points) pia Ag Distance? gy P/g?= 4 ® ed ane — bodies mean distance of Earth 7 4o the Sunt 1-44 x10? kn or L000AU sot e JM Astronomical Units T5241) p2 tse Crszaj? p 3. 53405824 i p% 3.539u05824 = 1. BB [BBYOIS % 1.88 Earth ycor> 3. Use the law of tangents to solve (find all unknown sides and angles) a triangle with sides 10 and 13 andGmeludedangle 35°. 4 pins) - b(B-c) | -A) ach. tanfhia-ey] bee, tml (Boca tan[a(c-a atb fons (ares pte tan[acerc)] 8 tan e(cray] Given’ A+ee 14S ae Oe 8s pio 2A> \90 cease, danced he a5" Bo fants (Ae) ore , 3. tan [$c4-8)], 5, I ones 4S tan[3 Ge 3 = = vials) 95+ eS yan(a+are)] ee Hand (AxB)> 3 - tan 3 (4-8) Sumot Anges A+B must equal 145° since : psc = ee we Cis 25° and Taangle areas mus wre equal 1G0° so, 160-35> 145° mo ands (145) * 3 = tan (A-B) nore) Fane @oas tan 12.5 (4,)= tan % (4-8) oc = tan VS .4131= tan (4-8) ee fon 42.5 Aan'(oren” gure) WS ad liore) gary = $48) (He) * “pre pce AST ESIC uy.gs® = AB yo-c ys a —¢c= ~B.543 ~ W437 8.503 c+ 1487 \We Know ¢ At®Be \oo ABR AS ane ari Ae a5° yr10 gs ae tS 6. 35° 180° 4. While Napier invented the use of logarithms, it was Henry Briggs who changed them into the common base 10 logs that we use today. Using Briggsian logarit thms: (6 points) (Coyyyort Logs) zy). gy | sue a A "| alle ay a) Solve 3-4") = 96 | Vas 4 on jog Ae 4%), 9) (2) B)= 20) 98. 98 | | x5 v b) Fully expand into a sum and difference of logarithms using properties of logs: Nog, (xy) = 10g 2 #199 4 tog (%%y )= log b= log y ie 22 :) fog y= y log x 2 . loay ten, { es ) = LO Sse ieee 210m cae oN too, 2. 2 logx + logy - logd j oy) d

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