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A kid fires water horizontally from a squirt gun held 1.6m above the ground. It hits another kid 2.1 m away in the back, at a point of 0.93 m above the ground. what is the initial speed?

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If finds the initial speed of water, which is fired horizontally from a squirt gun and hit another kid in the back.

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