A hockey puck slides off the edge of a table with an initial velocity of 28.0 m/s. The height of the table above the ground is 2.00 m. What is the angle below the horizontal of the velocity of the puck just before it hits the ground?

A) 77.2°
B) 72.6°
C) 12.8°
D) 12.6°
E) 31.8°


D

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