Homework Help: physics

Posted by marco on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 2:12am.

A pelican flying along a horizontal path drops
a fish from a height of 4.7 m. The fish travels
7.7 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

physics - Damon, Friday, November 2, 2012 at 3:20am
How long does it take an object to drop 4.7 meters?

How fast does an object have to move to fly 7.7 meters in that amount of time?

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