Problem 1875. GJam: 2013 China Event: Cannon Angle

Created by Richard Zapor

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This Challenge is derived from GJam 2013 China Captain Hammer. The problem is modified to fit within Cody dimensions.

The Challenge is to return the lower angle of a cannon given a target distance and an initial cannonball velocity. Gravity is a constant at 9.8m/sec^2, A valid solution is assured. (Error tolerance 2e-6).

Input: [v d] Velocity and Distance in meters.

Output: theta in units of degrees with an accuracy of 2e-6

Competition Summary: Best Time of 8 minutes, 755/1070 completed

The winner completed all three GJam China Challenges in 26 minutes with second at 43 minutes.

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Last solution submitted on Jul 06, 2019

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James on 16 Sep 2013

It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds!

Santosh Kasula on 10 Feb 2014

Richard, last test was not complete so I added the assert statement that was missing.

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