The entire situation is depicted in the figure beside from various view points. As the body falls downwards (z-direction) with a velocity vz , it experiences a Coriolis force (
in the reference frame of Earth) of magnitude 
. This force is responsible for the apparent deflection of the body along the latitude along the direction of Earth's rotation (lets call this x-direction).In other words,
Since the body is under free fall,
The body falls a height of h units, and so
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