document.write( "Question 635543: After leaving the runway, a plane's angle of ascent is 16° and its speed is 267 feet per second. How many minutes will it take for the airplane to climb to a height of 12,500 feet? Round answer to two decimal places. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #400449 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Vertical height = 12500 \n" ); document.write( "distance traveled by the plane = x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "sin 16 = 12500/x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x= 12500/sin 16\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x= 45349.4 feet\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "r= 267 ft/s\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "t= 45349.4/267\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "t= 169.85 seconds\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3.40 minutes\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |