A 124 kg balloon carrying a 22kg basket is descending with a constant downward velocity of 20m/s. A 1 kg stone is thrown from the basket with an initial velocity of 15m/s horizontally measured from the person in the basket. The person sees the stone hit the ground 5 seconds after it was thrown. The balloon continues its downward descent with the same constant velocity of 20m/s. Just before the stone hits the ground, what are the horizontal and vertical velocity components measured by an observer i) in the basket ii) on the ground.

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2. A 124 kg balloon carrying a 22kg basket is descending with a constant downward velocity of 20m/s. A 1 kg stone is thrown from the basket with an initial velocity of 15m/s horizontally measured from the person in the basket. The person sees the stone hit the ground 5 seconds after it was thrown. The balloon continues its downward descent with the same constant velocity of 20m/s.

Just before the stone hits the ground, what are the horizontal and vertical velocity components measured by an observer

i) in the basket

ii) on the ground.

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Using the concept of relative velocity we can find the speed of a stone before hitting the ground with respect to the person standing at rest on the ground as well as with respect to a person moving in a balloon . 

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