Apollo 14 astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. used an improvised six-iron to strike two golf balls...

 

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Apollo 14 astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. used an improvised six-iron to strike two golf balls while on the Fra Mauro region of the moon's surface, making what some consider the longest golf drive in history. Assume one of the golf balls was struck with initial velocity vo = 26.75 m/s at an angle = 18 above the horizontal. The gravitational acceleration on the moon's surface is approximately 1/6 that on the earth's surface. Use a Cartesian coordinate system with the origin at the ball's initial position. Randomized Variables vo = 26.75 m/s 6 = 18 degrees 50% Part (a) What horizontal distance, R in meters, did this golf ball travel before returning to the lunar surface? R=247.99 sin() cotan() atan cosh() tanh() cos() asin() acotan sinh() cotanh() Degrees Radians tan 7 8 9 HOME acos() EM4 56 1 1 2 3 0 VO BACKSPACE DEL END CLEAR Submit Hint Feedback I give up! 50% Part (b) What is the numeric value of the ratio, f, of the horizontal distance traveled on the moon to the horizontal distance the ball would travel on Earth's surface under the same conditions? Apollo 14 astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. used an improvised six-iron to strike two golf balls while on the Fra Mauro region of the moon's surface, making what some consider the longest golf drive in history. Assume one of the golf balls was struck with initial velocity vo = 26.75 m/s at an angle = 18 above the horizontal. The gravitational acceleration on the moon's surface is approximately 1/6 that on the earth's surface. Use a Cartesian coordinate system with the origin at the ball's initial position. Randomized Variables vo = 26.75 m/s 6 = 18 degrees 50% Part (a) What horizontal distance, R in meters, did this golf ball travel before returning to the lunar surface? R=247.99 sin() cotan() atan cosh() tanh() cos() asin() acotan sinh() cotanh() Degrees Radians tan 7 8 9 HOME acos() EM4 56 1 1 2 3 0 VO BACKSPACE DEL END CLEAR Submit Hint Feedback I give up! 50% Part (b) What is the numeric value of the ratio, f, of the horizontal distance traveled on the moon to the horizontal distance the ball would travel on Earth's surface under the same conditions?