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Two cannons both fire balls at speed $100$ ms$^{-1}$. One of the cannons is fixed at an angle of $45^\circ$ to the horizontal and othe other is fixed at angle $30^\circ$ to the horizontal. The cannons are set up facing each other at a distance $D$ from each other. One cannon is fired and then, $T$ seconds later, the other cannon fired.

The balls subsequently strike each other in mid air.

Show that that $T$ must lie within a range of values and that both $T$ and $D$ must be greater than zero.