A jet plane travels towards a ground-based radar dish. Radar locates the jet plane at a distance D = 11 km from the dish, at an angle θ = 46° above horizontal. 1.) What is the jet plane’s horizontal distance, DH in meters, from the radar dish? 2.)What is the jet plane's vertical distance, DV in meters, above the radar dish? 3.)Write an expression for the distance vector, D, in rectangular form in terms of D and θ, in a coordinate system with the dish at the origin and the unit vectors i and j in the horizontal and vertical directions. (to the right and up)

A jet plane travels towards a ground-based radar dish. Radar locates the jet plane at a distance D = 11 km from the dish, at an angle θ = 46° above horizontal. 1.) What is the jet plane’s horizontal distance, DH in meters, from the radar dish? 2.)What is the jet plane's vertical distance, DV in meters, above the radar dish? 3.)Write an expression for the distance vector, D, in rectangular form in terms of D and θ, in a coordinate system with the dish at the origin and the unit vectors i and j in the horizontal and vertical directions. (to the right and up)

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A jet plane travels towards a ground-based radar dish. Radar locates the jet plane at a distance D = 11 km from the dish, at an angle θ = 46° above horizontal.

1.) What is the jet plane’s horizontal distance, D_H in meters, from the radar dish?

2.)What is the jet plane's vertical distance, D_V in meters, above the radar dish?

3.)Write an expression for the distance vector, D, in rectangular form in terms of D and θ, in a coordinate system with the dish at the origin and the unit vectors i and j in the horizontal and vertical directions. (to the right and up)

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