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Find the height of the aircraft as per time.
Answer to Problem 54AYU
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Two sensors are spaced
Calculation:
Consider the following figure;
By using the property of triangle, we get
Also,
By using Law of Sines in the triangle
Putting the values from (1), (2) and (3), we get
Taking first two in (3), we get
In the right the triangle
Hence , the height of aircraft is approximately
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