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A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of 2km with speed of 540 kmph passes directly over head an anti aircraft gun.If the gun can fire a bullet at the muzzle speed of `500ms^( - 1)`,at what angle with the vertical the gun should fire the bullet so that the bullet hits the plane?

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