SOLUTION: A plane that is 500ft. above the ground begins its descent at an angle of depression of 30 degrees. What is the ground distance the plane must travel before it lands?

Question 192310: A plane that is 500ft. above the ground begins its descent at an angle of depression of 30 degrees. What is the ground distance the plane must travel before it lands?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let us see the plane with the Angle of Depression:

By Trigo function:

, Answer

Thank you,
Jojo

RELATED QUESTIONS
A plane flying at 35,000 feet above the ground starts making a descent 150 miles from the (answered by stanbon,josmiceli)
When a 757 passenger jet begins its descent to the Ronald Regan International Airport in... (answered by stanbon,Alan3354)
From a stationary hot-air balloon 500ft above the ground, two sightings of a lake are... (answered by stanbon)
A pilot has just started on the glide path for a landing at an airport where the length... (answered by stanbon)
Are these correct answers? 7. A 15 foot ladder is learning against a house so that it (answered by MathLover1)
1.if the adjacent side is six and theres a right angle, a 34 degree angle and a 56 degree (answered by solver91311)
From an airplane at an altitude of 1200 m, the angle of depression to a building on the... (answered by 4419875,MathTherapy)
An airplane is flying 8,000 feet above the level ground. The angle of depression from... (answered by stanbon)
A plane flying 30000 feet above the ground starts its descent into Houston. It descents... (answered by Boreal)