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Ronnie kicks a playground ball with an initial velocity of 16 m/s at an angle of 40° relative to the ground. What is the approximate horizontal component of the initial velocity?

0.64 m/s
0.77 m/s
10.3 m/s
12.3 m/s

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Horizontal component = v cosθ = 16 cos(40°) ≈ 16 × 0.766 = 12.3 m/s.