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A Rescue Plane Having A Speed Of 55 M/s And Flying At A Height Of 500 M Throws The Capsule What Will Be The Angle For The Pilot's Line Of Sight?

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Neglecting air resistance, it will take the capsule about
  t = √(2d/g) = √(2*500/9.8) ≈ 10.1 seconds to fall to the ground.
Thus, it will hit the ground about (55 m/s)*(10.1 s) = 555.5 m ahead of where it is dropped.
That point will be ArcTan(500/555.5) ≈ 42° below the horizontal line of sight of the pilot.

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