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Tiffany is a model rocket enthusiast. She has been working on a pressurized rocket filled with nitrous oxide. According to her design, if the atmospheric pressure exerted on the rocket is less than 10 pounds/sq.in., the nitrous oxide chamber inside the rocket will explode. Tiff worked from a formula p=14.7e−h/10p=14.7e−h/10 pounds/sq.in. for the atmospheric pressure hh miles above sea level. Assume that the rocket is launched at an angle of αα above level ground at sea level with an initial speed of 1400 feet/sec. Also, assume the height (in feet) of the rocket at time tt seconds is given by the equation y(t)=−16t2+1400sin(α)ty(t)=−16t2+1400sin(α)t. [UW]
a. At what altitude will the rocket explode?
b. If the angle of launch is αα = 12∘∘, determine the minimum
atmospheric pressure exerted on the rocket during its flight. Will
the rocket explode in midair?
c. If the angle of launch is αα = 82∘∘, determine the minimum
atmospheric pressure exerted on the rocket during its flight. Will
the rocket explode in midair?
d. Find the largest launch angle αα so that the rocket will not
explode.