You are standing 18.0 meters away from a building, which is 15.0 meters tall and has a large, flat roof. You throw a baseball with an initial speed of 22.5 meters per second, at an angle of 55.0 degrees above the horizontal. When the baseball leaves your hand, it is 1.5 meters above the ground. The baseball lands on the roof of the building. How far onto the roof does the baseball go, in meters?

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You are standing 18.0 meters away from a building, which is 15.0 meters tall and has a large,
flat roof. You throw a baseball with an initial speed of 22.5 meters per second, at an angle of
55.0 degrees above the horizontal. When the baseball leaves your hand, it is 1.5 meters above
the ground. The baseball lands on the roof of the building.
How far onto the roof does the baseball go, in meters?  

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