SOLUTION: An airplane takes off at a 12� angle and travels at the rate of 150 ft/sec. Approximately how long does it take the airplane to reach an altitude of 15,000 feet? (Round your answer

Question 909823: An airplane takes off at a 12� angle and travels at the rate of 150 ft/sec. Approximately how long does it take the airplane to reach an altitude of 15,000 feet? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So the plane is traveling vertically at a rate of,

Then,

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