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Chapter 2, Problem 63GP

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Pelicans tuck their wings and free-fall straight down when diving for fish. Suppose a pelican starts its dive from a height of  and cannot change its path once committed. If it takes a fish to perform evasive action, at what minimum height must it spot the pelican to escape? Assume the fish is at the surface of the water.

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QUESTION:

Pelicans tuck their wings and free-fall straight down when diving for fish. Suppose a pelican starts its dive from a height of  and cannot change its path once committed. If it takes a fish to perform evasive action, at what minimum height must it spot the pelican to escape? Assume the fish is at the surface of the water.

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A pelican is at  from the fish at the surface of the water. As stated in the question, it will take  for the fish to evade the pelicans attack. Hence its logical to assume that the fish must spot the predator  before.

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