A GUN IS MOUNTED ON A MOVABLE GUN CARRIAGE WHICH IS ON A SMOOTH HORIZONTAL PLANE. THE GUN IS ELEVATED AT AN ANGLE a TO THE HORIZONTAL. A SHOT IS FIRED AND LEAVES THE GUN IN A DIRECTION INCLINED AT AN ANGLE b TO THE HORIZONTAL. IF THE MASS OF THE GUN AND THE CARRIAGE IS n TIMES THE MASS OF THE SHOT, THEN SHOW THAT:
tan b=(1 + 1/n) tan a
A GUN IS MOUNTED ON A MOVABLE GUN CARRIAGE WHICH IS ON A SMOOTH HORIZONTAL PLANE. THE GUN IS ELEVATED AT AN ANGLE a TO THE HORIZONTAL. A SHOT IS FIRED AND LEAVES THE GUN IN A DIRECTION INCLINED AT AN ANGLE b TO THE HORIZONTAL. IF THE MASS OF THE GUN AND THE CARRIAGE IS n TIMES THE MASS OF THE SHOT, THEN SHOW THAT:
tan b=(1 + 1/n) tan a










