document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973437>Question 973437</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help please thank you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mai is flying a plane at an altitude of 1600 ft. She sights a stadium at an angle of depression of 35 degrees. What is Mai's approximate horizontal distance from the stadium? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. 676 Feet? B. 1120 feet ? C. 1450 feet? D. 2285 feet?<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 #595623 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=595623\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The line of sight is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.  One leg is the vertical distance from the ground, the other leg is the horizontal distance, what is wanted, and the angle of 35 degrees has a tangent=1600/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tan35=1600/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1600/tan 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan 35 is 0.700\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=2285.03 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D is the answer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a diagram (which I can't do here).  It is very difficult to do this without a picture. </SPAN>\n" );
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