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Answer:
Kinetic energy of the projectile at the vertex of the trajectory: [tex]900\; {\rm J}[/tex].
Work done when firing this projectile: [tex]2500\; {\rm J}[/tex].
Explanation:
Since the drag on this projectile is negligible, the horizontal velocity [tex]v_{x}[/tex] of this projectile would stay the same (at [tex]30\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}[/tex]) throughout the flight.
The vertical velocity [tex]v_{y}[/tex] of this projectile would be [tex]0\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}[/tex] at the vertex (highest point) of its trajectory. (Otherwise, if [tex]v_{y} > 0[/tex], this projectile would continue moving up and reach an even higher point. If [tex]v_{y} < 0[/tex], the projectile would be moving downwards, meaning that its previous location was higher than the current one.)
Overall, the velocity of this projectile would be [tex]v = 30\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}\![/tex] when it is at the top of the trajectory. The kinetic energy [tex]\text{KE}[/tex] of this projectile (mass [tex]m = 2.0\; {\rm kg}[/tex]) at the vertex of its trajectory would be:
[tex]\begin{aligned} \text{KE} &= \frac{1}{2}\, m\, v^{2} \\ &= \frac{1}{2} \times 2.0\; {\rm kg} \times (30\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}})^{2} \\ &= 900\; {\rm J} \end{aligned}[/tex].
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the initial speed of this projectile:
[tex]\begin{aligned}v &= \sqrt{(v_{x})^{2} + (v_{y})^{2}} \\ &= \left(\sqrt{900 + 1600}\right)\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}} \\ &= 50\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}}\end{aligned}[/tex].
Hence, the initial kinetic energy [tex]\text{KE}[/tex] of this projectile would be:
[tex]\begin{aligned} \text{KE} &= \frac{1}{2}\, m\, v^{2} \\ &= \frac{1}{2} \times 2.0\; {\rm kg} \times (50\; {\rm m\cdot s^{-1}})^{2} \\ &=2500\; {\rm J} \end{aligned}[/tex].
All that energy was from the work done in launching this projectile. Hence, the (useful) work done in launching this projectile would be [tex]2500\; {\rm J}[/tex].