An alaskan rescue plane drops a supply box to some stranded gold miners.  The plane has a horizontal velocity of 100.0 m/s and is at a height of 75 m when it drops the box.  What is the final velocity of the box as it hits the ground?  How far horizontally did the box travel before hitting the ground? A) Final box velocity      B) Horizontal travel of box

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An alaskan rescue plane drops a supply box to some stranded gold miners.  The plane has a horizontal velocity of 100.0 m/s and is at a height of 75 m when it drops the box.  What is the final velocity of the box as it hits the ground?  How far horizontally did the box travel before hitting the ground?

A) Final box velocity 

 

 

B) Horizontal travel of box 

 

 

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