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Kai Vegeta
Jul 1, 2014, 07:14 AM
Speed:550-580 kmph, weight:1500kg, angle of jump:20degree. How much distance would the car cover?

smoothy
Jul 1, 2014, 07:16 AM
Sounds like homework? What do you think it is, and how did you arrive at that answer?

ma0641
Jul 1, 2014, 09:06 AM
Google "finding a trajectory equation". You need to do the work, we will help but not do.

ebaines
Jul 1, 2014, 01:30 PM
Speed:550-580 kmph,

What's KMPH? Thousand miles per hour?


weight:1500kg,

Weight doesn't matter


angle of jump:20degree. How much distance would the car cover?

This can be approximated, but an accurate calculation requires some knowledge of the car's coefficient of drag.