An aircraft is flying at a constant altitude with a constantspeed of 600 mi/h. An

Chapter 3, Problem 34

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An aircraft is flying at a constant altitude with a constant speed of \(600 mi/h\). An antiaircraft missile is fired on a straight line perpendicular to the flight path of the aircraft so that it will hit the aircraft at a point \(P\) (see the accompanying figure). At the instant the aircraft is \(2 mi\) from the impact point \(P\) the missile is \(4 mi\) from \(P\) and flying at \(1200 mi/h\). At that instant, how rapidly is the distance between missile and aircraft decreasing?

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600 mi/h

1200 mi/h

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