Physics Velocity Drop
An airplane traveling at 90 m/s at an elevation of 300 m drops a box of supplies to skiers stranded in a snowstorm.
At what horizontal distance from the skiers should the supplies be dropped?
Find the magnitude of the velocity of the box as it reaches the ground.
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