To: Destro
12,000 ft/s?
Hmm...
12,000 x 60 (seconds per minute) = 720,000 ft/m.
720,000 x 60 (minutes per hour) = 43,200,000 ft/h.
43,200,000 / 5,280 (feet per mile) = 8,181.8 mi/h.
8,181.8 / 761.2 (mach 1 in mph at sea level) = Mach 10.74.
*whistles*
3 posted on
08/30/2003 4:38:35 PM PDT by
Pyrion
To: Pyrion
The technical term is "SPLAT"
4 posted on
08/30/2003 4:39:43 PM PDT by
Coyoteman
To: Pyrion
>>Mach 10.74.
Your figure differs from the figure the article mentions. (Mach 12).
Sound moves at different speeds. Your calculation uses sound at sea level, which results in your figure.
However, could the altitude account for the difference in Mach figures?
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