SOLUTION: A plane's altitude is 3,000 ft. For the pilot, the angle of depression of the base of a control tower is 15 degrees. To the nearest foot, what is the distance from the pilot to

Question 87588: A plane's altitude is 3,000 ft. For the pilot, the angle of depression of the base of a control tower is 15 degrees. To the nearest foot, what is the distance from the pilot to the base of the control tower?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A plane's altitude is 3,000 ft. For the pilot, the angle of depression of the base of a control tower is 15 degrees. To the nearest foot, what is the distance from the pilot to the base of the control tower?
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Draw the picture of a right triangle with a side of 3000 opposite a 15 degree
angle.
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Let "c" be the hypotenuse of the triangle.
sin(15) = 3000/h
h = 3000/sin15
h = 11591.11 ft.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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