A pilot is flying a plane at 220 m/s and an altitude of 500 meters. If she needs to deliver supplies via air drop, how far away from the target should she release the cargo? The cargo's parachute slows the average acceleration of gravity to 0.75 m/s2. Answer in kilometers. (In reality, a parachute significantly reduces the terminal velocity, so it won't accelerate very long. But let's keep it simple and assume the cargo accelerates the whole way.)

A pilot is flying a plane at 220 m/s and an altitude of 500 meters. If she needs to deliver supplies via air drop, how far away from the target should she release the cargo? The cargo's parachute slows the average acceleration of gravity to 0.75 m/s2. Answer in kilometers. (In reality, a parachute significantly reduces the terminal velocity, so it won't accelerate very long. But let's keep it simple and assume the cargo accelerates the whole way.)

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