A kicker for an NFL team is tasked with nailing a field goal from 41m out from the goal post. The ball must clear a cross bar that is 3.1 m about the ground. If the kicker launches the ball from the ground at a launch speed of 25.8m/s and an angle of 49 above the horizontal, how high is the ball in the air when it passes the cross bar 41m away?

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A kicker for an NFL team is tasked with nailing a field goal from 41m out from the goal post. The ball must clear a cross bar that is 3.1 m about the ground. If the kicker launches the ball from the ground at a launch speed of 25.8m/s and an angle of 49 above the horizontal, how high is the ball in the air when it passes the cross bar 41m away? 

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