Path Traveled by a Plane The aircraft carrier Tallahassee

Chapter 7, Problem 22

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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? Plane 30 N Carrier 338 2

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