A daredevil decides to jump a canyon. Its walls are equally highand 14 m apart.

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A daredevil decides to jump a canyon. Its walls are equally highand 14 m apart. He takes off by driving amotorcycle up a short ramp sloped at an angle of 10°. What minimum speedmust he have in order to clear the canyon?
Enter anumber. m/s I posted one similar to this last night and still do notunderstand how to solve for initial velocity without the time ittakes
Enter anumber. m/s I posted one similar to this last night and still do notunderstand how to solve for initial velocity without the time ittakes

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We know that            V= ( R*g / sin2 )               =(14 * 9.8 / sin2*10)               =(14*9.8 / sin20)              = 401.145              = 20.02 m/s

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