A plane, diving with constant speed at an angle of 43.5° with the vertical, releases a projectile at an altitude of 627 m. The projectile hits the ground 6.50 s after release. (a) What is the speed of the plane? (b) How far does the projectile travel horizontally during its flight? What were the magnitudes of the (c) horizontal and (d) vertical components of its velocity just before striking the ground? (State your answers to (c) and (d) as positive numbers.) (a) Number (b) Number Mi (c) Number i Units Units Units

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A plane, diving with constant speed at an angle of 43.5° with the vertical, releases a projectile at an altitude of 627 m. The projectile
hits the ground 6.50 s after release. (a) What is the speed of the plane? (b) How far does the projectile travel horizontally during its
flight? What were the magnitudes of the (c) horizontal and (d) vertical components of its velocity just before striking the ground?
(State your answers to (c) and (d) as positive numbers.)
(a) Number i
(b) Number
i
(c) Number i
(d) Number i
Units
Units
Units
Units
Transcribed Image Text:A plane, diving with constant speed at an angle of 43.5° with the vertical, releases a projectile at an altitude of 627 m. The projectile hits the ground 6.50 s after release. (a) What is the speed of the plane? (b) How far does the projectile travel horizontally during its flight? What were the magnitudes of the (c) horizontal and (d) vertical components of its velocity just before striking the ground? (State your answers to (c) and (d) as positive numbers.) (a) Number i (b) Number i (c) Number i (d) Number i Units Units Units Units
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