Question: A package is dropped from the plane which is flying with a constant horizontal velocity v A . Determine the normal and tangential components of

A package is dropped from the plane which is flying with a constant horizontal velocity vA. Determine the normal and tangential components of acceleration and the radius of curvature of the path of motion 

(a) At the moment the package is released at A, where it has a horizontal velocity vA

(b) Just before it strikes the ground at B.h B

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h B

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