Spymaster Paul, flying a constant 215 km/h horizontally in a low-flying helicopter

Chapter 3, Problem 65GP

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Spymaster Paul, flying a constant  horizontally in a low-flying helicopter, wants to drop secret documents into his contact's open car which is traveling  on a level highway  below. At what angle (to the horizontal) should the car be in his sights when the packet is released (Fig.  ?

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QUESTION:

Spymaster Paul, flying a constant  horizontally in a low-flying helicopter, wants to drop secret documents into his contact's open car which is traveling  on a level highway  below. At what angle (to the horizontal) should the car be in his sights when the packet is released (Fig.  ?

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The objective here is to determine the angle between the horizontal and the line of sight of the car from the helicopter when the packet of documents is released from the helicopter.

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