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Homework Statement



In a football game a ball is punted from an initial height of 0.75 m and at an angle of 41° above the horizontal. If the ball travels a horizontal distance of 38 yd before hitting the ground, what was its initial speed? (Neglect air resistance.)


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I cannot find any information in my textbook relating to problems that have and starting point (y) that is not 0. What formula do I use on these problems? Thanks

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