To win the game, a place kicker must kick a football from a point 40 m (43.744 yd) from the goal, and the ball must clear the crossbar, which is 3.05 m high. When kicked, the ball leaves the ground with a speed of 23 m/s at
an angle of 30.9◦ from the horizontal.
The acceleration of gravity is
9.8 m/s^2.
By how much vertical distance does the ball clear the crossbar?
Answer in units of
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