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A mailbag is to be dropped into a post office from an aeroplane flying horizontally with a velocity of `270 kmh^(-1)` at a height of 176.4 m above the ground. How far must the aeroplane be from the post office at the time of dropping the bag so that it directly falls into the post office ?

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