document.write( "Question 646857: A plane rises from take-off and flies at an angle of 10 degrees with the horizontal runway. When it has gained 500 feet of altitude, find the distance, to the nearest foot, the plane has flown. \n" ); document.write( "

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A plane rises from take-off and flies at an angle of 10 degrees with the
\n" ); document.write( " horizontal runway.
\n" ); document.write( "When it has gained 500 feet of altitude, find the distance, to the nearest
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\n" ); document.write( "This can be solved using the sine of 10 degrees,
\n" ); document.write( "side opposite is 500 ft
\n" ); document.write( "hypotenuse = slant distance (s) flown by the plane
\n" ); document.write( "sin(10) = $\"500%2Fs\"$
\n" ); document.write( "s = $\"500%2Fsin%2810%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "s = 2,879 ft flown by the plane to reach 500 ft alt \n" ); document.write( "

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