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A basketball is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 4.20 m/s (Figure 417). A straight line drawn from the release point to the landing point makes an angle of \(30.0^\circ\) with the horizontal. What was the release height? ________________ Equation Tran

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Among the characteristics unique to animals is a. gastrulation. b. multicellularity c. sexual reproduction. d. flagellated sperm.

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Consider a state with a fixed prison capacity of 1,000. When a law is passed establishing a minimum term of 10 years, (twice the current average term), the state cuts the number of prisoners in half, cutting the probability of imprison- ment for crime in half. Use a graph like Figure 133 to illustrat

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How can the peephole lens in a hotel door have an approximately 180 view? (a) The light moves straight through the lens into the eye. (b) Light from about 908 from the straight-ahead direction is refracted into the observers eye if very close to the lens. (c) Light from about 908 from the strai