An astronaut on a distant planet kicks a soccer ball at an angle of 41.4 degrees above horizontal, with an initial speed of 19.9 m/s. The ball is kicked over flat ground, and the acceleration due to gravity on the planet is 4.74 m/s2. The planet has no atmosphere. How far horizontally does the ball travel, in meters, while it is in flight?

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 An astronaut on a distant planet kicks a soccer ball at an angle of 41.4 degrees above horizontal, with an initial speed of 19.9 m/s. The ball is kicked over flat ground, and the acceleration due to gravity on the planet is 4.74 m/s2. The planet has no atmosphere. How far horizontally does the ball travel, in meters, while it is in flight? 

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