Question

The B-29 Superfortress Bockscar bomber dropped the Fatman atomic bomb over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. The bombing altitude was 3.00 x 104 ft and the speed of the aircraft was 370 km/h. (a) How far does the bomb travel horizontally between its release and its impact on the ground? Ignore the effects of air resistance. (b) If the bomber maintains the plane's original course, altitude, and speed, where is the plane relative to the bomb's point of impact when the bomb hits the ground? (c) The plane has a telescopic bombeight set so that the bomb hits the target seen in the sight at the moment of release. At what angle from the vertical was the bombsight set?

Answer 1