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A horizontal electric wire is stretched at a height `h = 10 m` above the ground. A boy standing on the ground can throw a stone at a speed `u = 20 ms^(–1)`. Find the maximum horizontal distance x at which a bird sitting on the wire can be hit by the stone.

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