document.write( "Question 1177585: An airplane traveling at 900 kph is descending at an angle of depression of 10°. How many kilometers
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document.write( "will the plane descend (vertically) in 5 minutes? \r
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document.write( "I did d=rt
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document.write( "d=900(5/60)
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document.write( "=75km\r
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document.write( "not sure where to go from there \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #806654 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "An airplane traveling at 900 kph \n" ); document.write( " is descending at an angle of depression of 10°. How many kilometers \n" ); document.write( "will the plane descend (vertically) in 5 minutes?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "speed = 900 kph \n" ); document.write( "time = 5 minutes = 1/12 hours\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d= 900 * 1/12\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d =75 km\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "cos 80 = AB/AC\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "AB = 75 * cos 80\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "AB = 75 * 0.173 \n" ); document.write( "13 km drop \n" ); document.write( " |