document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=318552>Question 318552</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a test flight, during the landing of the space shuttle, the ship was 325 feet above the end of the landing strip. It then came in on a constant angle of 7.5 degrees with the landing strip. How far from the end of the landing strip did it first touch ground? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #228023 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=csr212><B>csr212(7)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=csr212><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=228023\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a right-angled triangle, with the base as the distance from the end of the landing strip, the height as 325 ft and a base angle of 7.5. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 7.5°<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 90°<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 325\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to find angle B the sum of all angles  in a triangle is 180°<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7.5°+B+90°=180°<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 82.5°<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find side b = tan(B)=opp/adj = tan(B)=AC/CB<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AC=CB-tan(B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AC=325-tan(82.5°)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply 325 by 7.59573 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "AC or b = 2468.61225\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The shuttle landed 2468.61225 feet from the end of the landing strip or 2469 feet.<BR>\n" );
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