Pursuit Curves
PursuitCurves.html Say this prayer: it helps! St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou most Heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who roam around the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. Solving the physics problem pertaining to Pursuit Curves. (Krantz) * .... Differential Equations for solving physics problems. * .... have method that we know to solve these equations. Formulation: Suppose a Destroyer/Warship was to pursue a submarine on a particular prescribed path. What path does the warship use to follow the submarine? Well, looking at the diagram below we see that the submarine begins at the origin and travels up the y-axis with velocity a ft/s. At the same time a warship destroyer travels at speed b ft/s from point (c,0) in pursuit of the sub. What is the destroyer's path ...