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Another Blessed Event!

     Storks need to know physics to deliver babies! After all, when you're flying fast and high, that chimney is a mighty small target.

     How fast and how high? I thought you'd never ask!

     Our friendly stork is flying at 10 m/s (horizontally) and is 50 m above the ground. The chimney is 10 m above the ground. Will you please calculate how far from the chimney (horizontally) the stork must drop its precious package to "hit" the chimney?

Stork delivering baby
 

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