A bird flying at 45 m/s, 100 m above sea level, drops an acorn of 1 kg upon his unsuspecting victims below. A Southeasterly wind causes the acorn to accelerate at 10 m/s^2 with the wind. Where does the acorn land? Assume air resistance is negligible and a gravitational acceleration of 10 m/s^2
A bird flying at 45 m/s, 100 m above sea level, drops an acorn of 1 kg upon his unsuspecting victims below. A Southeasterly wind causes the acorn to accelerate at 10 m/s^2 with the wind. Where does the acorn land? Assume air resistance is negligible and a gravitational acceleration of 10 m/s^2
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A bird flying at 45 m/s, 100 m above sea level, drops an acorn of 1 kg upon his unsuspecting victims below. A Southeasterly wind causes the acorn to accelerate at 10 m/s^2 with the wind. Where does the acorn land?
Assume air resistance is negligible and a gravitational acceleration of 10 m/s^2.
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