This is how zirconium appears in the periodic table. A purple box has Z r at the center and 40 above. Below it says zirconium and below that 91.22.

Rounded to the nearest whole number, how many electrons are in an atom of zirconium?

40
51
91
131

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