SOLUTION: An airplane is climbing at an angle of 11° with the ground. Find, to the nearest foot, the ground distance the airplane has traveled when it has attained an altitude of 400 feet.
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Question 260390: An airplane is climbing at an angle of 11° with the ground. Find, to the nearest foot, the ground distance the airplane has traveled when it has attained an altitude of 400 feet.
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tan(11) = 400/ d
so,
d = 400/tan(11) ~ 400/.19438 ~ 2057.82 ft.
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