An airplane used to drop water on brushfires is flying horizontally in a straight line at 130

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An airplane used to drop water on brushfires is flying horizontally in a straight line at 130 knots (1 knot = 1.15 mph) at an altitude of 175 ft. Determine the distance d at which the pilot should release the water so that it will hit the fire at B.image

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Vector Mechanics For Engineers Statics And Dynamics

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Authors: Phillip J Cornwell, E Russell Jr Johnston, David Mazurek, E Russell Johnston Jr, Ferdinand P Beer, Brian

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