Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Kelly on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 4:28pm.

A pelican flying along a horizontal path drops
a fish from a height of 4.7 m. The fish travels
8.5 m horizontally before it hits the water
below.
What was the pelican’s initial speed? The
acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2 .
Answer in units of m/s

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