College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Exercise 41

A fighter jet flies at a speed of Mach 1.5. (a) If the jet were to fly faster than Mach 1.5, the half-angle of the conical shock wave would (1) increase, (2) remain the same, (3) decrease. Why (b) Wfriat is the half-angle of the conical shock wave formed by the jet plane at Mach 1.5