You are on an espionage mission to drop a tracker from the top of a building, 40.8 m above from the ground, on your target, who is 1.30 m tall and walking at a constant speed of 1.13 m/s. If you wish to drop the tracker on your target's head, where should the target be when you release the tracker? Assume that there is no air drag. Express answers in meters. Hint: This question involves Free Fall (step 1) and General Uniform Accelerated Motion (step 2).

You are on an espionage mission to drop a tracker from the top of a building, 40.8 m above from the ground, on your target, who is 1.30 m tall and walking at a constant speed of 1.13 m/s. If you wish to drop the tracker on your target's head, where should the target be when you release the tracker? Assume that there is no air drag. Express answers in meters. Hint: This question involves Free Fall (step 1) and General Uniform Accelerated Motion (step 2).

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter3: Motion In Two Dimensions

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