SOLUTION: The angle of elevation from the top of a house to a jet flying 2 miles above the house is x radians. If d represents the horizontal distance, in miles, of the jet from the house, e

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Question 85659: The angle of elevation from the top of a house to a jet flying 2 miles above the house is x radians. If d represents the horizontal distance, in miles, of the jet from the house, express d in terms of a trigonometric function of x.
Answer by scianci(186)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tan x =
d =

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