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A projectile is fired with a speed u at an angle `theta` with the horizontal. Find its speed when its direction of motion makes an angle `alpha` with the horizontal.

A

`usecthetacosalpha`

B

`usecthetasinalpha`

C

`ucosthetasecalpha`

D

`usinthetasecalpha`

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