A radar station locates a sinking ship at range 175 km and


A radar station locates a sinking ship at range 17.5 km and bearing 136° clockwise from north. From the same station, a rescue plane is at horizontal range 19.6 km, 163° clockwise from north, with elevation 1.85 km.

(a) Write the displacement vector from plane to ship, letting i represent east, j north, and k up.

(b) How far apart are the plane and ship?

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