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Airplane Drop

A jet is traveling at 250
m
s
, and a box is dropped from its cargo bay. Assuming that the jet is traveling at a height of 12,000 m, and there is neither wind nor air resistance, how far (horizontally) will the object travel from its drop point before hitting the ground?

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