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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 38P
A rescue plane flies horizontally at a constant speed searching for a disabled boat. When the plane is directly above the boat, the boat’s crew blows a loud horn. By the time the plane’s sound detector receives the horn’s sound, the plane has traveled a distance equal to half its altitude above the ocean. Assuming it takes the sound 2.00 s to reach the plane, determine (a) the speed of the plane and (b) its altitude.
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