Answer to Question #266784 in Physics for Cyrus Alagban

Question

If the second group of survivors is located 700m away from the first group and the plane will drop another set of relief goods at the same altitude and speed, wilk it arrive precisely at the survivor's location.?What factors affect the motion of a projectile launched horizontally

Answer 1

Whether or not the relief set will reach the destination depends on the missing context of the problem.

The factors that affect the motion of a projectile launched horizontally (ignoring air friction) are the magnitude of horizontal velocity $v$ and height H. The time of falling is

$$t=\sqrt{2H/g}.$$

How far a body will land from the point where it was dropped can be found with the following equation:

$$R=vt.$$