The pilot of an airplane traveling 180km/h wants to drop supplies to flood victims isolated on a patch of land 160m below. The supplies should be dropped how many seconds before the plane is directly overhead?

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The pilot of an airplane traveling 180km/h wants to drop supplies to flood victims isolated on a patch of land 160m below. The supplies should be dropped how many seconds before the plane is directly overhead?

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