Fall 2003 2 Mech

A cannon at (north) latitude $\theta$ is pointed due east and fires a projectile with initial speed $v_0$ and elevation angle $\alpha$. Find the change in the range of the projectile due to the earth's rotation, to linear order in the rotation rate $\Omega$

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