Very vague question about projectile launch angle

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The problem involves a projectile launched at a speed that is 5.2 times its speed at maximum height. At maximum height, the vertical velocity component is zero, leaving only the horizontal component. To find the launch angle, one can use trigonometric relationships between the initial speed and its horizontal component. The horizontal velocity remains constant throughout the projectile's flight. Understanding these components is crucial to solving for the elevation angle at launch.
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The launching speed of a certain projectile is 5.2 times the speed it has at maximum height. What is the elevation angle at launching?

Could someone just give me a starting point or a hint in the right direction?

I know that the horizontal velocity doesn't decrease, and the vertical velocity is 0 at the maximum height. I can't put it together though; it seems like there isn't enough information given. How can you possibly tell by how much of a factor the speed is being affected by the vertical velocity, when you don't know the horizontal velocity?
 
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Maybe you can assume the magnitude V of the lunching speed and find the relation between it and the horizontal velocity.Hint: use trigonometry
 
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At the maximum height the y component of the velocity is zero, therefore the speed at maximum height is only the x-component of the motion. The x-component of the velocity stays the same throughout the motion.
 
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