A small plane, flying at 180 kph at an altitude of 240 m, is to drop an inflatable raft ti flood victims stranded on a flat roof. How far from the roof should the pilot release the package so that it will land on the roof?

A small plane, flying at 180 kph at an altitude of 240 m, is to drop an inflatable raft ti flood victims stranded on a flat roof. How far from the roof should the pilot release the package so that it will land on the roof?

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

5th Edition

ISBN:9780534408961

Author:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Publisher:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Chapter2: Newtonian Mechanics-single Particle

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2.6P: In the blizzard of ’88, a rancher was forced to drop hay bales from an airplane to feed her cattle....

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: A person throws three stones off of a cliff of height h with the same speed v. He throws Rock A…

Q: A baggage handler drops your 8.90 kg suitcase onto a conveyor belt running at 1.80 m/s . The…

A: Given, Mass of the suitcase (m) = 8.09 kg speed of the conveyor belt (v) = 1.80 m/s μs = 0.470 , μk…

Q: Mt. Everest is more than 8 000 m high. How fast would an object be moving if it could free fall to…

A: Given data, Height of the Mt. Everest = 8000 m

Q: A cannonball with an initial height of 1.00 meter above the ground is fired from a cannon at an…

A: Given: The initial height of the cannonball is 1.00 m. The angle made by the cannonball…

Q: A sky jumper glides a 30 degrees slope for 80 ft before taking off from a negligibly short…

A: in this question we discuss about friction force.

Q: You ski straight down a 42.0 degrees slope, starting from rest and traveling a distance of 10.3 m…

A: Explanation:- First of all we will calculate acceleration down the slope. Then by using the…

Q: You push a small box so that it starts moving with a speed of 1.0 m/s along a rough table. After 1.0…

A: Given:Initial speed of the box = 1 m/sDistance travelled by the box in the table = 1 mHorizontal…

Q: It took an object 50 seconds to move from point A to B, then to C. If point B is 10 m, east of point…

Q: The skateboarder starts down the left side of the ramp with an initial speed of 6.3 ft/s. If…

A: The height "h" of the highest point (in meters) reached by the skateboarder on the right side of the…

Q: In a "crazy elevator ride" at the amusement park, a 300 kg "elevator car" slides vertically down a…

Q: During a water balloon fight at a college dormitory, a student drops a 0.80-kg water balloon from a…

A: Given data: m=0.8 kgv=14 m/s Need to determine the height of the window.

Q: Ignoring air resistance, from how high above thr ground would a 0.3 kg ball need to be dropped to…

Q: A 1500 kg car is approaching the hill at 10 m/s when it runs out of gas. What is the car's speed…

A: Write the mass of the car. m=1500 kg Write the initial velocity of the car during approaching…

Q: A golf ball is dropped from rest from a height of 9.5m. It hits the pavement then bounces back up…

A: Ball first drops from height 9.5m, then bounces back to 5.7 m, again drops and then bounces back to…

Q: 10 m/s A B 10 m 12 m

A: Initial horizontal velocity (v) = 10 m/sinitial vertical velocity (u) = 0 m/sInitial height (H) = 10…

Q: A rock is thrown upward at 40 degrees with respect to the horizontal. Ignoring air resistance, the…

A: angle of projection = 40 degreelet the initial speed = v maximum height = v2sin2(40)/2g range =…

Q: After feeding, an arctic tern is flying back to its nest at 24km/h for 72 kilometres. It then starts…

Q: A bottle rocket is shot straight up in the air with a speed 30 m/s . If the air resistance is…

A: In ideal case , there is no air resistance acting on any moving object . But, in real situation ,…

Q: what distance from the stopping point did he apply his brakes?

A: Given initial speed u = 480 km/h

Q: A golfer gives a ball a maximum initial speed of 53.5 m/s

Q: A 1,900 kg car is slowed down on the high way from 50 m/s to 36 m/s over a distance of 50 m (did the…

A: Given:- A mass of the car m = 1900 kg the velocity of the car is v1 = 50 m/s v2 = 36 m/s Distance…

Q: A roller coaster car starts from rest from the point A. If the velocity of the car at the point B is…

A: Given data: Velocity of the car, v=25 m/s

Q: In a city in England with a temperature of 18 ° C, it is desired to install a wind farm with 10 wind…

A: Power output from a turbine is given by the expression, P=12ρAV3P=12ρπr2V3P=12ρπr2V3r=2PρπV3

Q: A stone is thrown straight downward with a speed of 20 m/s from the top of a tall building. If the…

Q: An apartment dweller sees a flower pot (originally on a window sill above) pass the 2.0-m-high…

A: Given: window height, h1=2.0 m time, t= 0.10 s The distance between floors is, d= 4.0 m The flower…

Q: Why did you need to climb the stairs with a constant speed ?

A: Step1 - Understanding some basic concepts of physics that will be useful in this problem.…

Q: The gravitational potential energy depends on O The vertical distance between an object and the…

A: The gravitational potential energy is given as U = mgh Here, m = mass of object g = acceleration…

Q: A 30 gram coin was dropped from a height of 10.5 m above the ground. Neglecting air friction, how…

A: Given data: The mass of the coin is, m= 30 gm Height from which coin is dropped is, h= 10.5 m…

Q: An athlete jumps over a barrier with an initial speed of 2.2 m/s. How much will the athlete be…

Q: It took an object 30 seconds to move from point A to B, then to C. If point B is 10 m, east of point…

A: Δt = 30 seconds. Average velocity = ?

Q: A man in a sled, with a total mass of 125 kg, slide down a grassy hill and reaches a speed of 8 m/s…

A: Given: Mass of man and sled , m = 125 kg Initial speed, vi = 8 m/s Final speed, vf = 0 Force exerted…

Q: a projectile with a mass of 10 g and a speed of 600 m / s hits an ice block at 0 ° C, where it…

A: Mass of object (M) = 10 g = 10× 10-3 Speed of object (v) = 600 m/s Temperature of ice block (T) = 0…

Q: 5C. Show that the most probable speed is (2kT/m)"2. [Note: The most probable speed has the maximum…

Q: A block of mass 8 kg moves in a straight line On a friction horizontal surface (u = 0.35), its…

Q: 2. A glider is gliding through the air at a height of 416 meters with a speed of 45.2 m/s. The…

A: The mechanical energy of a system is the sum of its kinetic and potential energy. Kinetic energy…

Q: A large sculpture of mass 2,400 kg was being transferred from the 3rd floor to the ground floor of…

Q: A 3 kg mass slides down an inclined plane that has an angle of 25 degrees. It starts at rest and…

Q: Trying to escape his pursuers, a secret agent skis off a slope inclined at 30° below the horizontal…

Q: A 6 kg block, initially moving 4 m/s, slides 2.5 m down a ramp that is inclined 20 degrees above…

A: Given data: Mass of block is, m=6 kg. Initial speed of block is, u=4 m/s. Distance covered during…

Q: A man standing on a bridge throws a stone horixontallywith a speed of 20 m/s. the stone hits the…

A: The stone is initially at rest so that the initial velocity of the stone is zero. Equation of motion…

Q: A lead pellet is propelled vertically upward by an air rifle with an initial speed of 16m/s. Find…

Q: A car comes to a bridge during a storm and finds the bridge washed out. The driver must get to the…

Q: Why Does One Get Hurt On Jumping From A Great Height To The Floor?

A: Jumping from greater height means that you achieve higher velocity before landing, hence there is a…

Q: Hennessey Venom F5, one of the world's fastest car today is able to reach top speed at 480 kph…

Q: A skier leaves a ski jump at 14.4 m/s at some angle . At what speed is he travelling at his maximum…

Q: Gretchen runs the first 4.0 km of a race at 6.0 m/s. Then a stiff wind comes up, so she runs the…

Q: The speed of an object is doubled, its kinetic energy O a. is doubled O b. decreases to half O c.…

A: Speed of an object is doubled What about the kinetic energy =?

Question

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

This is a popular solution!

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 2 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

In the blizzard of ’88, a rancher was forced to drop hay bales from an airplane to feed her cattle. The plane flew horizontally at 160 km/hr and dropped the bales from a height of 80 m above the flat range, (a) She wanted the bales of hay to land 30 m behind the cattle so as to not hit them. Where should she push the bales out of the airplane? (b) To not hit the cattle, what is the largest time error she could make while pushing the bales out of the airplane? Ignore air resistance.
. A small plane flying at 180 kph at an altitude of 240m, is to drop an inflatable raft to flood victims stranded on a flat roof. How far from the roof should the pilot release the package so that it will land on the roof?
An airplane is delivering food to a small island. It flies 100 mm above the ground at a speed of 140 m/sm/s .Where should the parcel be released so it lands on the island? Neglect air resistance.
A cheetah leaps horizontally from a 5-meter high rock at a speed of 3.5 m/s. How far from the base of the rock will the cheetah land?If the cheetah leaps at an angle of 17 degress Celsius, how much farther will it land?
A baseball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 9 m/s. Neglecting air friction, how long will it take to return to its original position?
Trying to escape his pursuers, a secret agent skis off a slope inclined at 30° below the horizontal at 53 km/h. To survive and land on the snow 100 m below, he must clear a gorge 53 m wide. Does he make it? Ignore air resistance. 30° m Vo 53 m (not to scale) 100 m Yes O No If so, by how much does the agent safely make the landing? If not, by how much does the agent miss the landing? (Enter the magnitude In meters.)
A ball is thrown with an initial horizontal velocity of 30m/s from the height of 3m above the ground. And 40m from a vertical wall. How far from the wall will the ball rebound from the first time?
The athlete jumps with a pole and flies up to a height of 6,1 meters. What is the athlete's velocity when falling from this height at the lowest point of the flight. Neglect the air resistance and the thickness of the trampoline. Gravitational acceleration is taken equal to 10 m/s²
1 m/s Packages are thrown down an incline at A with a velocity of 1m/s. The packages slide along the surface ABC to a conveyor belt which moves with a velocity of 2 m/s. Knowing that mk = 0.25 between the packages and the surface ABC, determine the distance d if the packages are to arrive at C with a velocity of 2 m/s. A 2 m/s 30° В 7 m
You are designing an artillery system with the aim of hitting a target 20 km away with two shells at the same time. The first shot will be fired at a 50-degree angle. What is the required initial velocity needed to hit the target? Assume air resistance is negligible.
You throw a ball straight up. The ball leaves your hand at a height of 2.00 m above the ground with a speedof 20.0 m/s (~45 mph). Ignore air resistance and use g = 10.0 m/s2. You can use a spreadsheet but show asample calculation for the velocity and the position at t = 1.5 s.
A man stands on the roof of a 15.0-m-tall building and throwsa rock with a speed of 30.0 m/s at an angle of 33.0 above the horizontal.Ignore air resistance. Calculate the horizontal range from the base of the building to the point where the rock strikes the ground.