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A helicopter is flying horizontally at 8.0 m/s and an altitude of 18 m when a package of emergency medical supplies is ejected horizontally backward with a speed of 12 m/s relative to the helicopter. Ignoring air resistance, what is the horizontal distance between the package and the helicopter when the package hits the ground?
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In this problem we have to calculate the distance between the package and the helicopter.
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Let upward be direction and backward be direction.
Consider , and are he velocity of the helicopter relative to the ground, the velocity of the package relative to the helicopter and the velocity of the package relative to the ground.
then we have :
Substituting into equation
we get the .
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