A drone is flying horizontally when it runs out of power and begins to free fall from 16 m. No drag. If it lands 40 m away (in the x-direction) from where it began to fall, what was its horizontal velocity while it was falling

the horizontal velocity while it was falling is 22.1 m/s.

Explanation:

Given;

height of fall, h = 16 m

horizontal distance, x = 40 m

The time to travel 16 m is calculated as;

The horizontal velocity is calculated as;

Therefore, the horizontal velocity while it was falling is 22.1 m/s.