Question: A 5500-kg cart carrying a vertical rocket launcher moves to the right at a constant speed of 30.0 m/s along a horizontal track. It launches

A 5500-kg cart carrying a vertical rocket launcher moves to the right at a constant speed of 30.0 m/s along a horizontal track. It launches a 45.O-kg rocket vertically upward with an initial speed of 40.0 m/s relative to the cart.
(a) How high will the rocket go?
(h) Where, relative to the cart, will the rocket land?
(c) How far does the cart move while the rocket is in the air?
(d) At what angle, relative to the horizontal, is the rocket traveling just as it leaves the cart, as measured by an observer at rest on the ground?
(e) Sketch the rocket's trajectory as seen by an observer (i) stationary on the cart and (li) stationary on the ground.

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