Asked by Prachi

An airplane with a speed of 27.4 m/s is climbing upward at an angle of 48° counterclockwise from the positive x axis. When the plane's altitude is 860 m the pilot releases a package.
(a) Calculate the distance along the ground, measured from a point directly beneath the point of release, to where the package hits the earth.
Determine the angle of the velocity vector of the package just before impact.

Answers

Answered by Henry
Vo = 27.4m/s[48o]
Xo = 27.4*Cos48 = 18.3 m/s.
Yo = 27.4*sin48 = 20.4 m/s.

h = 0.5g*t^2 = 860 m.
4.9*t^2 = 860
t^2 = 175.5
Tf = 13.2 s. = Fall time.

Dx = Xo*Tf = 18.3m/s * 13.2s = 242.4 m.

b. Y = Yo + g*t = 0 + 9.8*13.2 = 129.4
m/s.

Tan A = Y/Xo = 129.4/18.3 = 7.07104
A = 82o.


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