document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1078335>Question 1078335</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> from a hang glider approaching a 5000 ft. clearing the angles of depression of the opposite ends of the field measure 24° & 30°.  How far is the hang glider from the nearer end of the field? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " the angles of depression of the opposite ends of the field measure 24° & 30°.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far is the hang glider from the nearer end of the field?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw this out,  the interior angle opposite 5000 ft is 30-24 = 6 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the alternate angle of parallel lines is 24 degrees opposite the side (a) of the glider to nearest point of the clearing<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can us the law of sines<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%2Fsin%2824%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%2Fsin%2824%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5000%2Fsin%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5000%2Fsin%286%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cross multiply, find the sines<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".1045a = 5000 * .4067<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2033.683%2F.1045 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2033.683%2F.1045\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 19,456 ft from the nearest end<BR>\n" );
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