A soft ball is thrown at an angle of α = 60° above the horizontal. It lands a distance d = 2 m from the edge of a flat roof, whose height h = 20 m; the edge of the roof is l = 38 m from the thrower (see fig.). At what speed (in m/s) was the softball thrown?

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A soft ball is thrown at an angle of α = 60° above the horizontal. It lands a distance d = 2 m from the edge of a flat roof, whose height h = 20 m; the edge of the roof is l = 38 m from the thrower (see fig.). At what speed (in m/s) was the softball thrown?

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