SOLUTION: a weather balloon ascends at a rate of 3.86 km/h while moving at an angle of 71.8 degrees with the ground. at the end of an hour what is the horizontal travel (x) of the balloon?

Question 408082: a weather balloon ascends at a rate of 3.86 km/h while moving at an angle of 71.8 degrees with the ground. at the end of an hour what is the horizontal travel (x) of the balloon?
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a weather balloon ascends at a rate of 3.86 km/h while moving at an angle of 71.8 degrees with the ground.
at the end of an hour what is the horizontal travel (x) of the balloon?
:
At the end of an hr the balloon will be 3.86 km high
:
Use the tangent of 71.8 degrees, side opposite = 3.86, side adjacent = x
:
tan(71.8) =
x =
x = 1.27 km is the horizontal travel
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