A 4.0 kg food pack was dropped from a height of 200 m by a helicopter during flood relief operations. At what velocity will the food pack be falling halfway to the ground?

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Bennett Daugherty

Physics

20 December, 04:13

A 4.0 kg food pack was dropped from a height of 200 m by a helicopter during flood relief operations. At what velocity will the food pack be falling halfway to the ground?

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Nyasia Woodard · Answer 1

Given:

Distance, s = 100 m

Initial velocity, u = 0 m/s

Acceleration, a = 9.8 m/s^2

Using equations of motion,

V^2 = u^2 + 2as

V = sqrt (2 * 9.8 * 100)

= 44.47 m/s

Velocity at halfway down to the ground is 44.45 m/s and as tge food package keeps going down (dustance to the ground reduces), the velocity increases.