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CAPE Applied Mathematics Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2 · Question 6(c)

A particle is projected with a velocity v\text{ ms}^{-1} at an angle of \alpha to the horizontal. If it passes through a point P(x, y), determine the equation of the particle's trajectory.

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