MATH 2415-INTERCEPTING A UFO-LSC CYFAIR-DAVIS On July 7, 1947, an unidentified f
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MATH 2415-INTERCEPTING A UFO-LSC CYFAIR-DAVIS On July 7, 1947, an unidentified flying object (UFO) allegedly crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell UFO incident. Long before the crash, two different United States military tracking stations concurrently "sighted" the UFO and concurrently "sighted" it again seven seconds later. The table below includes the bearings of the UFO taken by both tracking stations Position of Station Sighting #1 Sighting #2 30 degrees south of westDue west, 1.32 (3500, 450, 800) 0.83 degrees above horizontal degrees above Station 1 horizontal 80.5 degrees south above horizontal Due South 4.70 degreesof west, 13 degrees Station 2 (200, 1650, 600) above horizontal Note: all distances are measured in meters and the elevations are given by the third coordinates Three seconds after the second sighting, a probe was launched from the location (400,500,300) at precisely the correct speed and heading to intercept the UFO. What was the trajectory of the probe? How was this determined?Explanation / Answer
station 3 position (400,500,300) 65.34 degrees south of west , 5.4 degrsse above horizontal due south 3.2 degrees above horizontal.
we'll have to use thethe given two coordinates.
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