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A cannonball is shot horizontally off the top of a cliff. If the cannonball was moving at 808 mph when it left the cannon and the cannonball traveled a horizontal distance of 2,130 ft before it strikes the ground below, then how high up (in ft) on the cliff was the cannon placed above the ground below? (Assume that the ground below is level.)

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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