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A level flight olane flying at an altitude of 1024 ft with a speed of 240 ft/s is overtaking a motor boat travelling at 80 ft/s in the same direction as the plane. At what horizontal distance before the boat should a bag be dropped from the plane in order to hit the boat ? ` [ g = 32 " ft/s"^(2)` ]

A

1000 ft

B

1280 ft

C

980 ft

D

1200 ft

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