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17.8 Exercise 7

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A plane is flying at Mach 1.2, and an observer on the ground hears the sonic boom 15.00 seconds after the plane is directly overhead. What is the altitude of the plane? Assume the speed of sound is vw=343.00m/s.v_{\text{w}} = 343.00 \text{m}/\text{s} .

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 17.8 Shock Waves, exercise 7

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