A hockey puck slides off the edge of a horizontal platform with an initial velocity of 28.0 m/shorizontally in a city where the free-fall acceleration is 9.81 m/s2. The height of the platform 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 if you ignore the effects of air? A) 77.2°
B) 72.6°
C) 12.8°
D) 12.6°
E) 31.8°


D

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