An airplane is flying horizontally at a velocity of 50.0 m/s at an altitude of 125 m. It drops a package to observers on the ground below. Approximately how far will the package travel in the horizontal direction from the point that it was dropped

Answer 1

Without air resistance, time to drop to ground (irrespective of horizontal velocity)
t = √(2gh)

horizontal distance
= horiz. velocity * t

Answer 2

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