I threw a rock into a quarry horizontally 30 m/s. The quarry was 80 meters deep. How far did it go horizontally?

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I threw a rock into a quarry horizontally 30 m/s. The quarry was 80 meters deep. How far did it go horizontally?

A. 144 m
B. 80 m
C. 40 m
D. 120 m
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