A bomber flies Northwards at height H above the ground, at a horizontal speed of V_0....

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A bomber flies Northwards at height H above the ground, at ahorizontal speed of V_0. The bomber is located at geographiclatitude λ in the Northern hemisphere and flies exactly along ageographic longitude of planet Earth. A bomb is released from theairplane and falls to the ground.

A. Calculate the Coriolis Acceleration and the CoriolisForce.

B. Is the diversion Eastwards or Westwards? Explain youranswer.

C. Calculate the distance between the point where the bomb hitsthe ground and the geographic longitude in question.

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Since bomb will be moving towards north the force is to    See Answer
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