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Aug 16th, 2004, 09:35 AM
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A Trig/Calc Problem
I Just thought this up, so I don't have the answer to it.
An airplane traveling at a constant speed of 150 km/h receives report that a tropical storm is heading its way. As the Pilot hears the report, he feels the wind start to pick up. The wind is coming in at a 90* angle from the airport and is accelerating at a constant speed of 20km/h^2. The airplane is 50 km from the airport. What is the rate at which the airplane will have to change its direction (in degrees) in order to keep a straight path to the airport. Will the airplane make it?
Again I just thought this up, so I don't even know if our Pilot will make it. (but Now I can start to work on it.) Enjoy.
[Spell checked, and wind acel changed to faster speed]
Last edited by cogman; Aug 16th, 2004 at 07:21 PM.
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