FYKOS Year 33 Series 3 Problem 2 — \dots boom · FYKOS 33 #33.3.2

Physics · mechanics

Problem

A jet fighter has flown directly overhead at constant velocity parallel to the ground. We have heard a sonic boom at t=1.50 st=1.50\,\mathrm{s} after that, when the fighter has been at zenith distance θ=30.0∘\theta=30.0^\circ. Find out the height of the figther above the ground. Bonus Also find the direction from which we have heard the boom relative to the place where we have seen it.

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