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This webquest has allowed you to learn how to determine range, velocity, trajectory, and acceleration. You have also seen how learning how to use vectors from the last unit is important when determining these values. Now that you are an expert in ballistics, try answering the following question.

Question:

You have been assigned to design a 120 meter ski jump. A hill has been found with a 50 degree slope that can be used. The end of the jump should launch the jumper at an angle of 15 degrees above the horizontal. The average speed, of the skiers at the end of other ramp, is usually about 10 meters/second. How far up the hill should the take off be situated and what conditions should be considered?