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In the given figure, a rocket is fired vertically upwards from its launching pad P. It first rises 40 km vertically upwards and then 40 km at 60° to the vertical. PA represents the first stage of the journey and AB the second. C is a point vertically below B on the horizontal level as P, calculate :

(ii) the horizontal distance of point C from P.

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