SOLUTION: Problem: An airplane is 12,000 ft horizontally from the airport. The slanted distance to the airport is 13,000 ft. what is the plane�s altitude? Thank you.

Question 169769: Problem:
An airplane is 12,000 ft horizontally from the airport. The slanted distance to the airport is 13,000 ft. what is the plane�s altitude?

Thank you.
Found 2 solutions by vleith, Alan3354:
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one leg is 12000, the hypotenuse is 13000. The other leg is the altitude.

This is a variation on the 5-12-13 right triangle. You'll want to 'recognize' them (just like you ought to recognize a 3-4-5)
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airplane is 12,000 ft horizontally from the airport. The slanted distance to the airport is 13,000 ft. what is the plane�s altitude?
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13000 is the hypotenuse of a right triangle, and 12000 is one leg.
The altitude =
=
=
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=1000*5
= 5000 feet

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