A fixed mortar can fire a bomb with a velocity of 60 m/s and can be set between an angles 10 to 75 degree above the horizontal. What is the farthest possible distance that the bomb can reach?

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A fixed mortar can fire a bomb with a velocity of 60 m/s and can be set between an
angles 10 to 75 degree above the horizontal. What is the farthest possible distance
that the bomb can reach? 

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