SOLUTION: An airplane climbs at an angle of 11 degrees with the ground. Find the ground distance it has traveled when it has attained an altitude of 400 feet.
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Question 872311: An airplane climbs at an angle of 11 degrees with the ground. Find the ground distance it has traveled when it has attained an altitude of 400 feet.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An airplane climbs at an angle of 11 degrees with the ground. Find the ground distance it has traveled when it has attained an altitude of 400 feet.
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Draw the picture.
You have a right triangle with
base angle = 11 degrees
height = 400 ft
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tan(11) = 400/base
base = 400/tan(11) = 2057.82 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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