A clever inventor has created a device that can launch water balloons with an initial speed of 85.0 m>s. Her goal is to pass a balloon through a small hoop mounted on the observation platformat the top of the Eiffel Tower, 276 m above the ground. If the balloon is to pass through the hoop at the peak of its flight, at whatangle above horizontal should she launch the balloon?

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A clever inventor has created a device that can launch water balloons with an initial speed of 85.0 m>s. Her goal is to pass a balloon through a small hoop mounted on the observation platform
at the top of the Eiffel Tower, 276 m above the ground. If the balloon is to pass through the hoop at the peak of its flight, at what
angle above horizontal should she launch the balloon?

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