Path Traveled by a Plane The aircraft carrier Tallahassee is traveling at sea on a steady course with a bearing of 30° at 32 mph. Patrol planes on the carrier have enough fuel for 2.6 hr of flight when traveling at a speed of 520 mph. One of the pilots takes off on a bearing of 338° and then turns and heads in a straight line, so as to be able to catch the carrier and land on the deck at the exact instant that his fuel runs out. If the pilot left at 2 P.M., at what time did he turn to head for the carrier?

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52. Path Traveled by a Plane The aircraft carrier Tallahassee
is traveling at sea on a steady course with a bearing of 30°
at 32 mph. Patrol planes on the carrier have enough fuel
for 2.6 hr of flight when traveling at a speed of 520 mph.
One of the pilots takes off on a bearing of 338° and then
turns and heads in a straight line, so as to be able to catch
the carrier and land on the deck at the exact instant that his
Plane
30°
fuel runs out. If the pilot left at 2 P.M., at what time did he
Carrier
turn to head for the carrier?
olun 338°
NA
Transcribed Image Text:52. Path Traveled by a Plane The aircraft carrier Tallahassee is traveling at sea on a steady course with a bearing of 30° at 32 mph. Patrol planes on the carrier have enough fuel for 2.6 hr of flight when traveling at a speed of 520 mph. One of the pilots takes off on a bearing of 338° and then turns and heads in a straight line, so as to be able to catch the carrier and land on the deck at the exact instant that his Plane 30° fuel runs out. If the pilot left at 2 P.M., at what time did he Carrier turn to head for the carrier? olun 338° NA
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