Question

As the supplies fell, they traveled 650 meters horizontally. How fast were the supplies and the airplane moving forward? Remember that it took 10 seconds for them to reach the ground. (Hint: v = d/t)

Question 4 options:

65 m/s


6500 m/s


0.154 m/s


660 m/s

Answer 1

65 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

The motion of the supply along the horizontal direction is a uniform motion with constant speed. Therefore, its horizontal velocity is given by

`v=(d)/(t)`

where

d is the distance travelled horizontally

t is the time taken

In this problem, d = 650 m and t = 10 s, so if we apply the formula we get

`v=(650 m)/(10 s)=65.0 m/s`