Physics, asked by gautamlovesphysics, 7 months ago

4.
A student sees a jet plane flying from east to west. When the jet is seen just above his
head, the sound of jet appears to reach him making angle 60° with the horizontal from
east. If the velocity of sound is c, then that of the jet plane is :

Answers

Answered by meenuharishmey
0

Answer:

Explanation:

According to the problem, ∠ABC=60  

 

Time taken by plane to travel AB is same as time taken by sound to travel BC.

Thus AB=vt

BC=ct

From geometry,

BC

AB

​  

=  

c

v

​  

=cos60  

=  

2

1

​  

 

⟹v=  

2

c

Answered by 14032006vanshyadav
0

Explanation:

According to the problem, ∠ABC=60

Time taken by plane to travel AB is same as time taken by sound to travel BC.

Thus AB=vt

BC=ct

From geometry,

BC

AB

=

c

v

=cos60

=

2

1

⟹v=

2

c

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