When an airplane flies faster than the speed of sound, the sound waves that are formed take on a cone shape, and where the cone hits the ground, a sonic boom is heard. If
Is the angle of the vertex of the cone, then
Sin
Where V is the speed of the plane and M is the mach number, then what is the speed of the plane if the plane is flying at mach 1.6?
Speed of the plane is __________ m/sec.
A) Speed of the plane is 528 m/sec.
B) Speed of the plane is 206 m/sec.
C) Speed of the plane is 0.005 m/sec.
D) Speed of the plane is 52.8 m/sec.
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