document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1071405>Question 1071405</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A hot air balloon is flying at an altitude of 1500m. The angle of depression from the balloon to a landmark on the ground is 34 degrees What is the balloon's horizontal distance to the landmark to the nearest metre?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The angle of depression from the balloon to a landmark on the ground is 34 degrees What is the balloon's horizontal distance to the landmark to the nearest metre?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The angle from the vertical altitude (1500m) to the angle of depression<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 - 34 = 56 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The side (s) opposite this angle is the horizontal distance to the landmark<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the tangent of 56 degrees; side opposite/side adjacent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(56) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s%2F1500 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s%2F1500\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = tan(56) * 1500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 2224 meters  </SPAN>\n" );
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