Height of Plane

Vplane
D
A
B
h

Vsound Vsound

A plane with velocity Vplane shoots a sound wave at ground, which comes back to the plane after an interval of t seconds. If the speed of sound is V sound, find the height of the plane.

D
A B

∴
Time needed for plane to go from A to B is t sec.
∴Time needed for plane to go from A to D is sec.

∴
Time needed for sound to go from A to C and C to B is t sec.
∴Time needed for plane to go from A to C is sec.

In ΔACD,

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