Question

A passenger in a helicopter traveling upwards at 12.8 m/s accidentally drops a package out the window. If it takes 14.8 seconds to reach the ground, how high in meter was the helicopter when the packa

Answer 1

The height of the helicopter when the package was dropped is 1087 meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the height of the helicopter when the package was dropped, we can use the equation of motion for a freely falling object: d = v(initial)t + 0.5at^2. In this case, the initial velocity is 0 m/s as the object is dropped, the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s^2, and the time is 14.8 seconds. Plugging those values into the equation, we get: d = (0)(14.8) + 0.5(9.8)(14.8)^2. Solving this equation gives us the height of the helicopter as 1087 meters.