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spursfan2110
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Homework Statement
A supersonic aircraft is flying parallel to the
ground. When the aircraft is directly over-
head, an observer sees a rocket fired from the
aircraft. 9.28 s later the observer hears the
sonic boom, followed 3.61 s later by the sound
of the rocket engine.
What is the Mach number of the aircraft?
Homework Equations
Vplane = Machplanevsound
And that's all I really know...
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm standed on this one. The homework was covering soundwaves but he didn't talk about sonic waves for more than 3 minutes in class, and the textbook is really really non-descriptive. Any jumpstarts you guys can give me would be great, but I don't see how you're supposed to get anywhere with just two time variables.
Thanks a lot for the patience!