SOLUTION: An airplane pilot can see the top of a traffic control tower at a 40° angle of depression. The airplane is 8,000
ft from the tower. What is the altitude of the airplane?
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Question 1161661: An airplane pilot can see the top of a traffic control tower at a 40° angle of depression. The airplane is 8,000
ft from the tower. What is the altitude of the airplane?
Answer by ikleyn(52798) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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After reading the post, I feel myself in a jam.
From the post, I could not interpret the condition in unambiguous way.
Is 8000 ft the distance horizontally or is it the distance along the sloped straight line ?
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