A small plane is flying at 85 m/s as it passes directly over your brand-new car when a passenger drops his backpack. It takes 9

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A small plane is flying at 85 m/s as it passes directly over your brand-new car when a passenger drops his backpack. It takes 9 seconds for the backpack to fall to the ground. You are very worried that the backpack will land on your new car and you wonder if you should move it. What will be the horizontal displacement of the backpack as it fall? Should you move your car?

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