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A projectile is fired from the edge of a cliff 125 m above the ground level with the speed of 65.0 m/s at an angle of 37.0° with the horizontal.
[a] Determine the time taken by the projectile to hit the point P on the ground level
[b] Determine the range X of the projectile as measured from the base of the cliff. At the instant just before the projectile hits the point P^
[c] Determine the vertical and the horizontal components of its velocity
[d] The magnitude of the velocity
[e] The angle made by the velocity vector with the horizontal
[f] Find the maximum height above the cliff top reached by the projectile.

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