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A battalion of soldiers aims their cannon at an angle of 30° up from horizontal and fires it as shown below in a large, level field. The initial speed of the cannon ball is 196 m/s. Neglect air resistance and assume that the cannon ball starts at ground level for simplicity. Use g = 9.8 m/s2. What is the maximum height reached by the cannon ball?

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