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A helicopter on flood relief mission, flying horizontally with a speed u at an altitude H, has to driop a food packet for a victim standing on the ground. At what distance from the victim should the packet be dropped? The victim stands in the vertical plane of the helicopters's motion.

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To solve the problem of determining at what distance from the victim the food packet should be dropped from the helicopter, we will follow these steps: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identify the Variables:** - Let \( u \) be the horizontal speed of the helicopter. - Let \( H \) be the altitude from which the packet is dropped. - Let \( g \) be the acceleration due to gravity. ...
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