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17.8 Exercise 5

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A jet flying at an altitude of 8.50 km has a speed of Mach 2.00, where the speed of sound is v=340.00m/s.v = 340.00 \text{m}/\text{s} . How long after the jet is directly overhead, will a stationary observer hear a sonic boom?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 17.8 Shock Waves, exercise 5

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