Figure 2. Three explosive ‘mathematical’ shells are launched from the origin at the same
instant of time. The first shell is launched vertically, and the other two at an angle π/18
from the y-axis, one to the right and one to the left.
For all launches, V1=10.0ms−1. For
the vertical launch, V0 = 30.0 m s−1, while for the other two launches, V0 = 25.0 m s−1.
Isotropic explosions are assumed to occur at the maximum height each of the three
shells may reach