document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=872581>Question 872581</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The pilot of a helicopter measures the angle of depression to a landing spot to be 18.8 degrees. If the pilot's altitude is 1640 meters, what is the horizontal distance to the landing spot to the nearest meter? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " the angle of depression to a landing spot to be 18.8 degrees.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If the pilot's altitude is 1640 meters, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tan 18.8 = height/ ground distance\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ground distance = height/tan 18.8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=1640/tan 18.8 degrees  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=4817.46\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=4817 meters </SPAN>\n" );
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