An artillery shell is fired with an initial velocity of 300 m/s at 55.0° above the horizontal. It explodes on a mountainside 42.0 s after firing. If x is horizontal and y vertical, find the (x, y) coordinates where the shell explodes


7.22 km, 1.68 km

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