A ball is thrown from the location of a horizontal playground with an initial speed at an angle from the -direction. The ball is to be hit by a stone, which is thrown at the same time from the location . The stone is thrown at an angle from the -direction with a suitable initial speed. For a fixed , when , the stone hits the ball after time , and when , it hits the ball after time . In such a case, is ______.
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Answer: 2
[JEE Advanced 2024 · Paper 2]