A sky diver drops his smuggled 1kg weight from physics lab out of the air plane before he jumps, which is flying horizontally going 175 m/s at a height of 2 km. IF WE ASSUME NO AIR RESISTANCE, what is the Velocity (magnitude and direction) when it hits the ground?

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A sky diver drops his smuggled 1kg weight from physics lab out of the air plane before he jumps, which is flying horizontally going 175 m/s at a height of 2 km. IF WE ASSUME NO AIR RESISTANCE, what is the Velocity (magnitude and direction) when it hits the ground?

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