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A radar station locates a sinking ship at range 18.9 km and bearing 136° clockwise from north. From the same station, a rescue plane is at horizontal range 19.6 km, 150° clockwise from north, with elevation 1.90 km.

a) Write the displacement vector from plane to ship, letting î represent east, ĵ north, and k up
How far apart are the plane and ship?

User Seb Barre
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Encl is a jpg for some useful help I hope.Good thing, RADAR (RAdioDirectionAndRange)
A radar station locates a sinking ship at range 18.9 km and bearing 136° clockwise-example-1
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