A bomber is flying at 300 mph horizontally at an altitude of 2000 ft. Its target is a ship sailing at 15 mph travelling in the same direction and in the same vertical plane as the bomber. How far behind the ship hold the bomber release its bomb to score a direct heat?

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A bomber is flying at 300 mph horizontally at an altitude of 2000 ft. Its target is a ship sailing at 15 mph travelling in the same direction and in the same vertical plane as the bomber. How far behind the ship hold the bomber release its bomb to score a direct heat?

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