document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=47633>Question 47633</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help please!- The approach pattern to an airport requires pilots to set an 11 degree angle of decent toward a runway.If a plane is flying at an altitude of 9,500 m at what distance (measured along the ground) from the airport must the pilot descend?-Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #31455 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><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=31455\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is, as you already know, a figure of a triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg: 9500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since you measure along the ground: leg: x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Angle: 11 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(11<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=pi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"pi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >/180) = 9500/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9500/tan(11<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=pi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"pi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >/180)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "About 2,835,140 m </SPAN>\n" );
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