An object is shot horizontally off a cliff which is 19.95 meters high. The forward speed when it is fired is 6.321. How far forward from the firing point does it land?

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An object is shot horizontally off a cliff which is 19.95 meters high. The forward speed when it is fired is 6.321.

How far forward from the firing point does it land? 

(Your answer should be in meters, but don't write the unit; just the nuumber.)

Use the acceleration due to gravity near the earth's surface, g=10m/s^2 

(Remember that the horizontal and vetical motion can be treated seperately, so you can first find the time of flight, then figure out how far foward it moves in that time)

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