On a clear day you see a jet plane flying overhead. From the apparent size of the

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On a clear day you see a jet plane flying overhead. From the apparent size of the plane, you determine that it is flying at a constant altitude h. You hear the sonic boom at time T after the plane passes directly overhead. Show that if the speed of sound v is the same at all altitudes, the speed of the plane is


hv V - v?T? Vs
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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0133977981

14th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

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