Physics cannon?

Question

A cannon tilted upward at theta = 29 degrees fires a cannonball with a speed of 95m/s.

At that instant, what is the component of the cannonball’s velocity parallel to the ground?

Answer 1

The ratio of the instantaneous path of the ball to a horizontal line is the cosine of 29 degrees.  Which is .8746.  .8746 times 95 m/s is 83.089 m/s.

Answer 2

This is a projectile motion problem

vx=v cos theta

vx= 95 * cos(29)=83.08 m/s