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Jackie Chan is to be shot from an 8m long cannon into a net 40m from the end of the cannon barrel and at the same elevation. The barrel of the cannon is oriented 45 degrees above horizontal. Estimate the speed with which he needs to leave the cannon to make it to the net.
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