document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=35226>Question 35226</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can anyone tell me how to figure this out?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "An airplane is flying 0.75 miles above the ground. If the pilot must begin a 4 degree descent to an airport runway, how far is the airplane from the beginning of the runway(in ground distance)to the nearest tenth of a mile? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Notice you are not trying to find the glide distance.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(4 degrees) = 0.75/(ground distance)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ground distance = 0.75/tan(4)= 10.7 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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