A projectile is thrown from a point on the ground at an angle from the vertical and with a speed m/s. The projectile at the highest point of its trajectory splits into two equal parts. One part fal

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A projectile is thrown from a point  on the ground at an angle  from the vertical and with a speed  m/s. The projectile at the highest point of its trajectory splits into two equal parts. One part falls vertically down to the ground  s after the splitting. The other part,  seconds after the splitting, falls to the ground at a distance  meters from the point . The acceleration due to gravity  m/s².

The value of  is

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- Projectile  from vertical, speed  m/s. At the top it splits into two equal parts; one part falls straight down in  s. ()
- Find , the time for the other part to land.

💡 Both fragments start from the same height with zero vertical velocity, so they take the same time to fall.

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At launch:  m/s. Top height  m
Both fragments fall from  with zero initial vertical velocity:

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