There Are Floods in Outback Queensland and You Are on a Mission

question 28

Multiple Choice

There are floods in outback Queensland and you are on a mission to deliver supplies to stranded households. You plan to drop them from an aircraft which will be flying horizontally with a speed of 300 m/s at an altitude of 400 m. Assume that the ground is level. At what horizontal distance from a household must the pilot drop the supplies so that they reach the household?

• A)3.0 km
• B)2.4 km
• C)3.3 km
• D)2.7 km
• E)1.7 km

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