two valentinesless guys have had a bit too much green beer on st patty's, as is common with the inebriated, one of them needed to take a leak. since it is illegal and a big fine to pee on the street they wandered to the edge of a cliff and peed horizontally at a velocity of 1.2 m/s. his buddy having nothing better to do, accurately timed the relief at 4.5 s to hit the ground. how tall was the cliff? do you think it was a good idea to wander to the edge of a cliff this high? explain

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two valentinesless guys have had a bit too much green beer on st patty's, as is common with the inebriated, one of them needed to take a leak. since it is illegal and a big fine to pee on the street they wandered to the edge of a cliff and peed horizontally at a velocity of 1.2 m/s. his buddy having nothing better to do, accurately timed the relief at 4.5 s to hit the ground. how tall was the cliff? do you think it was a good idea to wander to the edge of a cliff this high? explain

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