The pilot of an airplane traveling 180 km/h wants to drop supplies to flood victims

Chapter 3, Problem 27P

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Problem 27P

The pilot of an airplane traveling 180 km/h wants to drop supplies to flood victims isolated on a patch of land 160 m below. The supplies should be dropped how many seconds before the plane is directly overhead?

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QUESTION:

Problem 27P

The pilot of an airplane traveling 180 km/h wants to drop supplies to flood victims isolated on a patch of land 160 m below. The supplies should be dropped how many seconds before the plane is directly overhead?

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Solution 27 P

Step 1 of 2:

In this question, we need to find the time at which food supplies has to be dropped such that it directly lands overhead

Data given

Speed of airplane

Distance below the plane

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