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An Aeroplane flies horizontaily at a height h at a speed v. An anti-air craft gun fires a shell at the plane when it is vertically above the gun. Show that the minimum muzzle velocity required to hit the plane is `sqrt(v^2+2gh)` at an angle `tan^(-1)((sqrt(2gh))/(v))`

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