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A swimmer jumps from a waterfall thats is 8.5 m high from the lake below. How fast must he run horizontally to dive 2.5m away from the base of the waterfall?
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A swimmer jumps from a waterfall thats is 8.5 m high from the lake below. How fast must he run horizontally to dive 2.5m away from the base of the waterfall?

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He must run at 6m/s
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