21. You are stranded in the middle of the ocean on a desert island. Luckily, the US Coast Guard has found you and will be dropping a survival package for you to hold out until the ships arrive. Unfortunately every shark in the entire world is swimming around your island making it impossible to retrieve the package unless it is dropped exactly on target. The plane lines up for the drop at exactly 500 m above the surface of the ocean flying straight at you with an airspeed of 250 km/hr. If your island is flat and level with an elevation of 5 m and a total length of 100 m, how far away must the package be dropped from the island's edge to land exactly in the middle of the island? What speed will the package hit the ground at? What angle will it strike the ground at? What is your favorite food in the box?

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