An airplane’s altimeter measures its altitude to increase at a speed of vvertical = 14 m/s. An observer on the ground sees the plane’s shadow moving along the ground at vhorizontal = 120 m/s while the sun and plane are directly overhead. Use a standard Cartesian coordinate origin located at the observer’s position on the ground, with the plane’s horizontal velocity in the x-direction. A) Express the plane’s velocity vector, v, in component form in terms of i, j, vvertical and vhorizontal. B) Express the plane’s velocity vector, v, in component form in terms of i, j, vvertical and vhorizontal. C) At what angle, θ in degrees, above horizontal is the plane climbing?
An airplane’s altimeter measures its altitude to increase at a speed of vvertical = 14 m/s. An observer on the ground sees the plane’s shadow moving along the ground at vhorizontal = 120 m/s while the sun and plane are directly overhead. Use a standard Cartesian coordinate origin located at the observer’s position on the ground, with the plane’s horizontal velocity in the x-direction.
A) Express the plane’s velocity vector, v, in component form in terms of i, j, vvertical and vhorizontal.
B) Express the plane’s velocity vector, v, in component form in terms of i, j, vvertical and vhorizontal.
C) At what angle, θ in degrees, above horizontal is the plane climbing?
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