Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9780136139225
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 3, Problem 85GP
Spymaster Chris, flying a constant 208 km/h horizontally in a low-flying helicopter, wants to drop secret documents into her contact's open cur which is traveling 156 km/h oil a level highway 78.0 m below. At what angle (with the horizontal) should the car be in her sights when the packet is released (Fig. 3-59)?
FIGURE 3-59 Problem 85.
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