You look directly overhead and see a plane exactly 1.5 km abov
wuc 5m2 .epo5-pib r5ee the ground flying faster than the speed of sound. By the time you hear the sonic boom, the plane has traveled a horizont
rbp5 ow.5cue-e2i mp5 al distance of 2.0 km. See Fig. 12–34. Determine
(a) the angle of the shock cone, $\theta$
$^{\circ} $
(b) the speed of the plane (the Mach number). Assume the speed of sound is 330 m/s