SOLUTION: an airplane travel at 300 mph is descending at an angle of depression of 6 degrees. How many miles will the plane descend in 2 minutes?
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Question 606419: an airplane travel at 300 mph is descending at an angle of depression of 6 degrees. How many miles will the plane descend in 2 minutes?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
an airplane travel at 300 mph is descending at an angle of depression of 6 degrees.
How many miles will the plane descend in 2 minute
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Find how many miles the plane will travel in 2 min a 300 mph
*300 = 10 mi
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use the sine of 6 degrees, side opposite is the vertical dist (a) of descent
Sin(6) = * 5280 = 5519.1 ft descent
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