I\'m lost on this one. :/ An airplane is flying horizontally with speed 1000 km/

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I'm lost on this one. :/

An airplane is flying horizontally with speed 1000 km/h (280 m/s) when an engine falls off.
(a) Neglecting air resistance, if it takes 22 s for the engine to hit the ground how high is the airplane?
answer in km
(b) If it takes 22 s for the engine to fall how far horizontally does the engine travel while it falls?

(c) If the airplane somehow continues to fly as if nothing had happened, where is the engine relative to the airplane at the moment the engine hits the ground?

A. in front of the plane

B. behind the plane

C. directly below the plane

Explanation / Answer

a) H= .5*9.8*22^2=2371.6 m

b) R = 280*22=6160 m

c) C. directly below the plane

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