Mary spots Bill approaching the dorm at a constant rate of 2 m/s on the walkway...

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Mary spots Bill approaching the dorm at a constant rate of 2 m/son the walkway that passes directly beneath her window, 17 m abovethe ground. When Bill is 120 m away from the point below her windowshe decided to drop an apple down to him.

A.) How long should Mary wait to drop the apple if Bill is tocatch it 1.75 m above the ground, and without either speeding up orslowing down?

B.) How far from directly below the window is Bill when Maryreleases the apple?

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Given that Mary is standing 17 m above the vertical distance from bill and bill will catch apple 175 above the ground So Vertical distance traveled by apple 17 175 1525 m Now Using 2nd    See Answer
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