Earlier this week the famous "Live Cannonball" - Gunter Money was shot from a cannon at the Austin Expo. Gunter flew to a height

Question

Earlier this week the famous "Live Cannonball" - Gunter Money was shot
from a cannon at the Austin Expo. Gunter flew to a height of 70 feet and
traveled a distance of 160 feet only to land perfectly in a safety net. Assume
(0,0) was the starting point for Gunter's flight and that he landed in the net
at (160,0).
(a) Use matrices to find the equation for Gunter Money's path.
(b) Write the equation for Gunter Money's path in vertex form.
(c) CHALLENGE: Devise a method to estimate the angle at which Gunter
Money takes off.

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