A Projectile Passes Overhead, and You Attempt to Shoot It

Multiple Choice

A projectile passes overhead, and you attempt to shoot it down with a cannon. When it passes overhead it is traveling horizontally at 100 m/s at an elevation of 1500 m. Your cannon launches shells at 200 m/s, and in this instance you fire just as the projectile passes overhead and at an angle of 60^o. In this scenario the horizontal velocities of the two projectiles are the same. At what elevation will the cannon shell and the other projectile collide?

A) They won't collide before the cannon shell hits the ground.
B) 1457.6 m
C) 1224.4 m
D) 1132.5 m