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A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of d. How high above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball?d/2d2d5d/2

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A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of d. How high above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball?d/2d2d5d/2

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The maximum height a cricketer can throw the ball above the ground is d/4. This is because the maximum range (d) is achieved at an angle of 45 degrees. At this angle, the range is equal to the maximum height multiplied by 4. Therefore, the maximum height is d/4.

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