plane is flying horizontally with speed 283 m/s at a height of 2480 m above the ground, when a package is dropped from the plane. the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2. what is the horizontal distance from the release point to the impact point?

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a plane is flying horizontally with speed 283 m/s at a height of 2480 m above the ground, when a package is dropped from the plane. the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2. what is the horizontal distance from the release point to the impact point? 

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