A car is traveling horizontally at the moment it drives off the top of a 7.19 m tall cliff. The car travels 21.5 m horizontally before striking the ground. Assuming no air-resistance can be ignored, how fast was the car traveling at the moment it left the top of the cliff?

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A car is traveling horizontally at the moment it drives off the top of a 7.19 m tall cliff. The car travels 21.5 m horizontally before striking the ground. Assuming no air-resistance can be ignored, how fast was the car traveling at the moment it left the top of the cliff?

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