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Justin Hawk
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Homework Statement
An enemy fighter jet has invaded friendly airspace and is traveling on a bearing of 40 degrees. At the time they scramble an interceptor from a nearby airbase, the enemy jet is 200km away and on a bearing of 10 degrees from the airbase. The enemy jet is traveling at 1200km/h. The interceptor can fly at 2500km/h. On what bearng should the
interceptor fly in order to intercept the enemy in the shortest possible time, assuming that the interceptor accelerates immediately to 2500km/h after take off?
Homework Equations
cosine rule, sine rule
The Attempt at a Solution
I am puzzled a lot by this problem. I really don't know how to optimise this problem. Please help!