Kinematics 3 Question 3
3. A person standing on an open ground hears the sound of a jet aeroplane, coming from north at an angle with ground level. But he finds the aeroplane right vertically above his position. If is the speed of sound, then speed of the plane is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
figure). The length of a chamber inside the rocket is
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 3. (d)
Solution:
- Let
be the position of plane at , when sound waves started towards person and is the position of plane observed at time instant as shown in the figure below.
In triangle
Now, from