document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=121303>Question 121303</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A plane is flying at an altitude of 1.5 km. The pilot wants to descend<BR>\n" );
document.write( "into an airport so that the path of the plane makes an angle of 5 degrees with the ground. How far  from the airport (horizontal distance) shoul the descent begin? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "into an airport so that the path of the plane makes an angle of 5 degrees with the ground. How far  from the airport (horizontal distance) should the descent begin?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture; a right triangle with height = 1.5 km and a 5 degree<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angle opposite the height leg.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for the other leg; call it \"x\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1.5/tan(5 degrees) = 17.1451 km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Chers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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