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Position Path Length (Distance) And Displacement
Question

An aircraft is flying at a uniform speed v m/s. If the angle subtended at an observation point on the ground by two positions of the aircraft f second apart is θ, the height of the aircraft above the ground is given by

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Solution

See figure. In figure P and Q are two positions of the aircraft f seconds apart respectively.
 

PQ=vt or RQ=(vt/2)
From ΔORQ
tanθ2=RQOR=(vt/2)hh=vt2tan(θ/2)

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