Nacho is about to perform a stunt. He is going to jump into a swimming pool from a moving helicopter. The helicopter is traveling at 35 m/s and is 60 meters above the pool when Nacho
jumps. How far before the pool should the helicopter be when Nacho steps out of the
helicopter?

initial speed when it is dropped is 150 ft/s

now at the same moment the acceleration due to gravity is perpendicular to its velocity

so as we know that

now we have centripetal acceleration a = 32 ft/s^2 as its perpendicular to velocity

while tangential acceleration at the same moment will be zero

so

now radius of curvature is given as

so the radius of curvature just after it is dropped is 703.125 ft

b. false

explanation:

suppose a rock in free fall is dropped off a cliff. after falling for 5 seconds, its speed would not be 100 m/s.