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Grade 11Mechanics

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

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15 Years agoGrade 11
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15 Years ago

post the pic of this arrangment (gun carriage system)...