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Posted by jayson on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 6:44pm.

An airplane is flying horizontally with a constant velocity of 170 m/s at an altitude of 4500 m when it drops a package.

(a) How long does it take for the package to reach the ground?
___s

(b) What is the distance between the airplane and the package when the package hits the ground? Ignore air resistance.
___m

(c) How far ahead of the target along the x direction should the plane be when it releases the package?
___m

physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 6:46pm
How long does it take for something to fall 4500 m (neglecting terminal velocity)?

horizontally, 170*time is horizontal distance covered.
physics - Philmon Mphande, Friday, December 16, 2011 at 5:02pm
a)26s b)

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