(a)
\Observe the figure:
\The air plane is consistently
miles above ground.
There is a right angle triangle.
\If
is in hours,
will give the distance traveled going
mph at time
.
Observe the figure, hypotenuse is
and
.
Apply Pythagorean theorem,
.




.
(b)
\
as function of
.
.
(c) Find
.




represents the distance of the plane from the control towers as a function of time.
(d)
\Time
minutes.
Convert the time minutes to hours.
\
minutes
hour.
minute
hour.
minutes
hour.
Substitute
in
.


(a)