You launch a projectile horizontally from a building 40.6 m above the ground at another building 30.0 m away from the first building. The projectile strikes the second building 3.7 m above the ground. What was the projectile s launch speed

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You launch a projectile horizontally from a building 40.6 m above the ground at another building 30.0 m away from the first building. The projectile strikes the second building 3.7 m above the ground. What was the projectile s launch speed?


10.94 m/s


10.43 m/s


34.54 m/s


43.18 m/s

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