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A man is sitting on the shore of a river. He is in the line of a 1.0 m long boat and is 5.5 m away from the centre of the boat. He sishes to throw an apple into the boat. If he can throuw the apple only wihta speed of 10 m/s, find the minimum and maximum angles of projection for successful shot. Assume that the point of projection and the edge of the boat are in the same horizontal level

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