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An aeroplane flies horizontally at a height h at speed v. An anti - carft gun 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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