A Supply plane needs to drop a package of food to scientists working on a glacier in Greenland.  The plane flies 97 m above the glacier at a speed of 133 m/s.  How far away from the target should it drop the package? (Hint: This is a horizontal projectile. The package has the same initial speed as the plane)

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A Supply plane needs to drop a package of food to scientists working on a glacier in Greenland.  The plane flies 97 m above the glacier at a speed of 133 m/s.  How far away from the target should it drop the package? (Hint: This is a horizontal projectile. The package has the same initial speed as the plane) 

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