SOLUTION: This is an application question which I am not sure how to make into an equation Engine failure forced Geraldine to pilot her Cessna 150 to an emergency landing. To land, Geraldi

Question 76650This question is from textbook Developmental Mathematics
: This is an application question which I am not sure how to make into an equation
Engine failure forced Geraldine to pilot her Cessna 150 to an emergency landing. To land, Geraldine's plane glided 17,000 ft over a 15,000 ft stretch of deserted highway. From what altitude did the descent begin? This question is from textbook Developmental Mathematics

Answer by psbhowmick(878) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
While the plane is gliding it goes from C to A. AB is ground and BC is the altitude.

Apply Pythagorus theorem.

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So, the altitude of the plane from its starting point is 8000 ft.
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