(a)
\Observe the figure:
\The air plane is consistently miles above ground.
There is a right angle triangle.
\If is in hours,
will give the distance traveled going
mph at time
.
Observe the figure, hypotenuse is and
.
Apply Pythagorean theorem, .
.
(b)
\ as function of
.
.
(c) Find .
represents the distance of the plane from the control towers as a function of time.
(d)
\Time minutes.
Convert the time minutes to hours.
\ minutes
hour.
minute
hour.
minutes
hour.
Substitute in
.
(a)