SOLUTION: Two airplanes are flying near the Toronto Pearson airport. Airplane 1 is at an altitude (height) of 2 km. Airplane 2 records an angle of depression of 35 degrees to the Toronto Pea

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Question 1202458: Two airplanes are flying near the Toronto Pearson airport. Airplane 1 is at an altitude (height) of 2 km. Airplane 2 records an angle of depression of 35 degrees to the Toronto Pearson airport. And the Toronto Pearson airport reports an angle of elevation to airplane 1 of 50 degrees.
How far apart are the two planes?
What is the altitude of airplane 2?
What is the angle between the two planes?
How far is each plane from the airport?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, ikleyn:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Are the airplanes on the same side of the airport?
Are they flying at the same height



Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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