A goose is flying horizontally along at a speed of S m/s and at an altitude of H m when it passes a goose hunter below lying at (0,0) with a goose rifle. Simultaneously, the hunter shoots a bullet up at an angle θ from the horizontal with a velocity V m/s hoping to shoot the goose. Assume the acceleration due to gravity is g m/s2. (i) Explain why x = St describes the distance the goose has flown after t seconds. You may assume the equations of motion x =Vt cosθ and y =Vt sinθ − gt22 describe the horizontal and vertical distances of the bullet after t seconds. Assume that the bullet hits the goose. (ii) Explain why S =V cosθ . (iii) Hence show that 2 tan 2 H = − gt22 + St θ . (iv) Hence show that there are two possible occasions when the bullet can shoot the goose if S2 tan2θ > 2gH .
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