A tennis player standing 12.6m from the net hits the ball at 3.00° above the horizontal surface. To clear the net, the ball must rise at least 0.330m. If the ball just clears the net at the apex of its trajectory, how fast was the ball moving when it left the racket? Please show work and sketch out problem.

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A tennis player standing 12.6m from the net hits the ball at 3.00° above the horizontal surface. To clear the net, the ball must rise at least 0.330m. If the ball just clears the net at the apex of its trajectory, how fast was the ball moving when it left the racket?

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