Question

a hunter on the ground fires a bullet in the northeast direction which strikes a deer 0.25 metre away from him, the bullet travel with a speed of 1800m/hr.at the instant an airplane is directly over the hunter at an altitude of one metre and is traveling due east with a velocity of 600m/hr. When the bullet strike the deer, what are the coordinates as determine by an observer in the plane?

Answer 1

1. A hunter on the ground fires a bullet in the north-east direction which strikes a deer 0.25 miles from the hunter. The bullet travels with a speed of 1800 mi/h. At that instant when the bullet is fired, an airplane is directly over the hunter at an altitude h of one mile and is travelling due east with a velocity of 600 mi/h. When the bullet strikes the deer, what are the coordinates as determined by an observer in the airplane?