document.write( "Question 991387: An airplane flying at an altitude of 7k feet is 5 miles from the runway where the pilot plans to land. To the nearest degree what angle of depression should the plane assume
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Make a right triangle where the hypotenuse is 5 miles and the height is 7000 ft.
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