SOLUTION: 3. An airplane climbs at an angle of 2.7 degrees from an altitude of 4500 ft to an altitude of 5600 ft. How far does the airplane travel as it climbs as measured along the horizont

Question 752022: 3. An airplane climbs at an angle of 2.7 degrees from an altitude of 4500 ft to an altitude of 5600 ft. How far does the airplane travel as it climbs as measured along the horizontal?

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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airplane climbs at an angle of 2.7 degrees from an altitude of 4500 ft to an altitude of 5600 ft. How far does the airplane travel as it climbs as measured along the horizontal?
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Draw the picture:
You have a right triangle with base angle = 2.7 degrees and altitude
(5600-4500) = 1100 ft
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tan(2.7) = altitude/base
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0.0472 = 1100/base
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base = 1100/0.0472 = 23,325.44 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by reviewermath(1029) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tan 2.7� =
tan 2.7� =
x = 1100/tan 2.7� = ft
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