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The range of a projectile fired at an angle of 15° is 50 m. If it is fired with the
same speed at an angle of 45°, its range will be

The Horizontal Range R is given by



Where, =initial velocity of the projectile, =gravitational acceleration and =angle of projection




Putting given data: in equation (1), we get



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