The drawing shows an airplane moving horizontally with a constant velocity of 115 m/s at an altitude of 1050 m. The direction to the right has been chosen as the +x direction, and upward is the +y direction. The plane releases a "care package" that falls to the ground along a curved trajectory. This situation was analyzed in Example 3. Suppose now that this plane is traveling with a horizontal velocity of +248 m/s. If all other factors remain the same, determine the time required for the package to hit the ground.
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if all other factors are the same, then it will take the same amount of time to hit the ground, since the direction and height are the same. The horizontal speed makes no difference in how fast it falls.