5 second fall starting at 0 m/s
ball strikes ground at a speed = 49 meters per second.
Answer:
We know from the basic speed distance relation that

Since the car started from rest and it covered the distance between the 2 officer's in 19 minutes we have speed of the car

Which clearly exceeds the limit of 
We can use the law of conservation of energy to solve the problem.
The total mechanical energy of the system at any moment of the motion is:

where U is the potential energy and K the kinetic energy.
At the beginning of the motion, the ball starts from the ground so its altitude is h=0 and therefore its potential energy U is zero. So, the mechanical energy is just kinetic energy:

When the ball reaches the maximum altitude of its flight, it starts to go down again, so its speed at that moment is zero: v=0. So, its kinetic energy at the top is zero. So the total mechanical energy is just potential energy:

But the mechanical energy must be conserved, Ef=Ei, so we have

and so, the potential energy at the top of the flight is
While plane is moving under tailwind condition it took time "t"
so here we will have

here net speed of the plane will be given as


similarly when it moves under the condition of headwind its net speed is given as

now time taken to cover the distance is 2 hours more

now solving two equations

solving above for v_w we got

There are several approaches. The most favourable one (in my opinion) is this one:
1. Asking a question
2. Doing a research (how to answer this question)
3. Creating a hypothesis (NOT a thesis!)
4. Experimenting (to prove the hypothesis)
5. Analysing results from the experiment
6. Writing a thesis