A cannon has an initial hight of 10 meters. The cannon ball has a weight of 15kg. There is no air resistance. If the cannon is fired with an initial angle of 0 degrees and an initial speed of 5 meters/second, what is the range?

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A cannon has an initial hight of 10 meters. The cannon ball has a weight of 15kg. There is no air resistance. If the cannon is fired with an initial angle of 0 degrees and an initial speed of 5 meters/second, what is the range?

(the answer is 7.1 but I don't know how that value was found)

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