After being assaulted by flying cannonballs, the knights on the castle walls (12.0 m above the ground) respond by propelling flaming pitch balls at their assailants. One ball lands on the ground at a distance of 73.0 m from the castle walls. If it was launched at an angle of 53.0° above the horizontal, what was its initial speed?

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After being assaulted by flying cannonballs, the knights on the castle walls (12.0 m above the ground) respond by propelling flaming pitch balls at their assailants. One ball lands on the ground at a distance of 73.0 m from the castle walls. If it was launched at an angle of 53.0° above the horizontal, what was its initial speed?    

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