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The supplies should be droppped how many seconds before the plane is directly over the target?

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The pilot of an airplane traveling 180 km/h wants to frop supplies to flood victims isolated on a ppatch of land 160m below. The supplies should be droppped how many seconds before the plane is directly over the target?

The answer is 5.71 seconds but i dont know how to get it?

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  1. X = Xo + Vot + 1/2at^2

    160 = 0 + 0 =1/2(9.8)t^2      (9.8 is for gravity)

    320 = 9.8t^2

    32.65 = t^2

    5.71 = t

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