The world long jump record is 9.95 m (Mike Powell, USA, 1991).Treated as a projectile, what is the maximum range, in meters, obtainable by a person if he or she has a take-off speed of 8.9 m/s? Assume the motion is over level ground and the initial velocity makes an angle of 45 with the horizontal.

 

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