Question

A plane cruising along at 268 m/s, in straight level flight wants to drops a bomb. He is at a height of 1000m. At what distance should the pilot release the bomb in order to hit his target?

Nov 10, 2014

bobpursley

time to fall

1000=1/2 g t^2 solve for time t.

distance=velocityplane*time

Nov 10, 2014

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