A paintball/air gun fires a paintball straight downward from the edge of a platform that is -19.1 m above the ground. The paintball strikes the ground with a speed of 30.9 m/s. How far above the edge of the platform would the paintball have gone had the gun been fired straight upward?

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A paintball/air gun fires a paintball straight downward from the edge of a platform that is -19.1 m above the ground. The paintball strikes the ground with a speed of 30.9 m/s. How far above the edge of the platform would the paintball have gone had the gun been fired straight upward?

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