A plane, diving with constant speed at an angle of 45.3° with the vertical, releases a projectile at an altitude of 685 m. The projectile hits the ground 5.76 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 (c) Number (d) Number i i Units Units Units Units

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A plane, diving with constant speed at an angle of 45.3° with the vertical, releases a projectile at an altitude of
685 m. The projectile hits the ground 5.76 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
(c) Number
(d) Number
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Ma
Units
Units
Units
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Transcribed Image Text:A plane, diving with constant speed at an angle of 45.3° with the vertical, releases a projectile at an altitude of 685 m. The projectile hits the ground 5.76 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 (c) Number (d) Number MO Ma Units Units Units Units >
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