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Given information

The plane flying horizontally.

The speed of the plane is      

The altitude of the plane    

The distance between radar and station    

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

 

Find the equation that relates the quantities

The Pythagoras theorem states that for a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

Consider the below figure from part  

The above diagram represents a right-angled triangle

then, apply Pythagoras theorem

 

 

 

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