A movie stunt driver on a motorcycle speeds horizontally off a 85.1 m high cliff. How fast must the motorcycle leave the cliff top to land on level ground below, 44.7 m from the base of the cliff where the cameras are? Ignore air resistance.

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  1. A movie stunt driver on a motorcycle speeds horizontally off a 85.1 m high cliff. How fast must the motorcycle leave the cliff top to land on level ground below, 44.7 m from the base of the cliff where the cameras are? Ignore air resistance. 

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