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A 1000.kg cannon fires a 25.0 kg cannonball at a 45o from the horizontal with an acceleration of 250 m/s2. Because the ground is hard and the cannon cannot sink into it, the cannon only recoils on the horizontal axis, and the force on the ground is absorbed. What is the horizontal component of the acceleration of the cannon (in m/s2)?