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A placekicker is about to kick a field goal. The ball is 25.3 m
from the goalpost. The ball is kicked with an initial velocity of
20.8 m/s at an angle θ above the ground. Between what two
angles, θ1 and θ2, will the
ball clear the 2.86-m-high crossbar? Give your answers as
(a) the smaller angle and (b) the
larger angle. (Hint: The following trigonometric identities may
be useful:
sec θ = 1/(cos θ) and
sec2θ = 1 + tan2θ.)
Please help, I don't understand how to answer this question.