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A two-stage missile is projected from a point \(A\) on the ground with horizontal and vertical velocity components \(u\) and \(v\), respectively. When it reaches the highest point of its trajectory an internal explosion causes it to break up into two fragments. Immediately after this explosion one of these fragments, \(P\), begins to move vertically upwards with speed \(v_e\), but retains the previous horizontal velocity. Show that \(P\) will hit the ground at a distance \(R\) from \(A\) given by $$ \frac{gR}u = v+v_e + \sqrt{v_e^2 +v^2}\, . $$ It is required that the range \(R\) should be greater than a certain distance \(D\) (where \(D> 2uv/g\)). Show that this requirement is satisfied if \[ v_e> \frac{gD}{2u}\left( \frac{gD-2uv}{gD-uv}\right). \] \noindent[{\sl The effect of air resistance is to be neglected.}]