A brick is thrown upward from the top of a building at an angle of 40° to the horizontal and with an initial speed of 13 m/s. If the brick is in flight for 3.3 s, how tall is the building?

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A brick is thrown upward from the top of a building at an angle of 40° to the horizontal and with an initial speed of 13 m/s. If the brick is in flight for 3.3 s, how tall is the building?

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