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A jet plane files horizonally at a height h at a speed v. An anti-aircraft gun fires a shell at the plane when it is

vertically above the gun. Show that the minimum muzzle speed required to hit the plane is `sqrt(v^(2)+2gh)` at an angle `tan^(-1)sqrt(2gh)/(v)`

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