An important piece of landing equipment must be thrown to a

Last updated: 8/9/2022

An important piece of landing equipment must be thrown to a ship, which is moving at a constant 5 m/sec towards the dock. The equipment is thrown to the ship with an initial speed vo = 15 m/sec, at an angle of 0 = 60° above the horizontal, and from a height of 8.75 m above the dock. What must d, the initial horizontal distance between the dock and the ship be, so that the equipment can land on the ship? Answer: 40.0 m.