A hot-air balloon has just lifted off and is rising at the constantrate of 2.0 m>s. Suddenly one of the passengers realizes she hasleft her camera on the ground. A friend picks it up and tosses itstraight upward with an initial speed of 13 m>s. If the passengeris 2.5 m above her friend when the camera is tossed, how high isshe when the camera reaches her?

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A hot-air balloon has just lifted off and is rising at the constant
rate of 2.0 m>s. Suddenly one of the passengers realizes she has
left her camera on the ground. A friend picks it up and tosses it
straight upward with an initial speed of 13 m>s. If the passenger
is 2.5 m above her friend when the camera is tossed, how high is
she when the camera reaches her?

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