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title: "A bird, travelling at 50 m/s wants to hit a man 100m below with a dropping. How far in distance before flying directly over the man should the bird release it?"
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# A bird, travelling at 50 m/s wants to hit a man 100m below with a dropping. How far in distance before flying directly over the man should the bird release it?

A bird, traveling at \(50 \, \text{m/s}\) wants to hit a man \(100 \, \text{m}\) below with a dropping. How far in distance before flying directly over the man should the bird release it?

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