SOLUTION: A bullet is fired horizontally at a target, and the sound of its impact is heard 0.9 seconds later. If the speed of the bullet is 3190 ft/sec and the speed of sound is 1100 ft/sec
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: A bullet is fired horizontally at a target, and the sound of its impact is heard 0.9 seconds later. If the speed of the bullet is 3190 ft/sec and the speed of sound is 1100 ft/sec, how far away is the target?
Give your answer correct to the nearest tenth of a foot.
This question is from textbook algebra and trigonometry with analiytic geometry
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A bullet is fired horizontally at a target, and the sound of its impact is heard 0.9 seconds later. If the speed of the bullet is 3190 ft/sec and the speed of sound is 1100 ft/sec, how far away is the target?
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Let d = distance to the target
:
Write a time equation: Time = Distance/speed
:
Bullet transit time + sound transit time = .9 sec
+ = .9
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multiply equation by 3190*1100 = 3509000, to get rid of the denominators
3509000* + 3509000* = 3509000(.9)
Cancel out the denominators and you have:
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1100d + 3190d = 3158100
:
4290d = 3158100
d =
d = 736.2 ft to the target
:
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Check solution:
+ =
.23 + .67 = .9 sec; confirms our solution
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