[dragosani]

A bomber flying in level flight at 200 m/s drops a 500kg bomb from an altitude of 3000m. a. find the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity and B.how far has it travelled horizontally after release when it strikes.

I know you're given :
V: 200m/s
y: 3000m
a: -9.8m/s^2

I've tried everything but I can't figure out how to break it down into x and y components if I'm not given an angle. Any help is appreciated.

[ebaines]

Treat the horizontal and vertical components independently. For the vertical, you know the bomb drops with no initial vertical velocity component and with an acceleration of -9.8 m/s^2. So from a height of 3000m you can calculate the time it takes to hit the ground. Call this time T. For the horizontal, given no air friction, the bomb moves at a constant 200 m/s horizontally with no deceleration, so you can calculat how far it moves in the horizontal direction during time T.