document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973662>Question 973662</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "picture link : http://prntscr.com/7cu1w0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks:) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with height = 1600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and angle opposite height = 35 degrees (because angle of depression <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equal angle of elevation)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"base::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(35) = 1600/base<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "base = 1600/tan(35) = 2285.04 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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