Answer to Question #242718 in Physics for Kathleen

Question #242718

10.) An Alaskan rescue plane traveling 37 m/s drops a package of emergency rations from a height of 136 m to a stranded party of explorers. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2. What is the vertical component of the velocity just before it hits? (Choose upward as the positive vertical direction)

Answer in units of m/s.


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Expert's answer
2021-09-28T11:13:38-0400

The vertical component of velocity right before the impact is


"v_y=\\sqrt{2gh}=\\sqrt{2\u00b79.8\u00b7136}=52\\text{ m\/s}."


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