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When a plane drops a heavy package (ignoring effects of air resistance), the package stays directly below the plane. To an observer on the ground, what path does the package trace as it falls?
a. a circular arc.
b. a straight line that is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
c. a parabola, just like a horizontally launched projectile.
d. a vertical line.