A flock of seagulls has decided to mount an organized response to the human overpopulation of their

Question:

A flock of seagulls has decided to mount an organized response to the human overpopulation of their favorite beach. One tactic popular among the innovative radicals is bombing the sunbathers with clams. A gull dives with a speed of 16 m/s, at an angle of 40° below the horizontal. He releases a projectile when his vertical distance above his target, a sunbather's bronzed tummy, is 8.5 m, and scores a bull's-eye.

(a) Where is the sunbather in relation to the gull at the instant of release?

(b) How long is the projectile in the air?