What Is the Minimum Speed Required for a Car to Jump Over Eight Cars?

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A student driver wants to make his car jump over eight cars parked side by side below a horizontal ramp. The vertical height of the ramp is 1.50 m above the cars, and the horizontal distance he must clear is 20 m. If the ramp is tilted upward so that the “takeoff angle” is 10° above the horizontal, what is the necessary minimum speed?

I honestly don't even know where to begin with this problem. Could someone help me out?
 
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