SOLUTION: An airplane aver the Pacific sights an atoll at an angle of depression of 5 degrees. At this time, the horizontal distance from the airplane to the atoll is 4629 meters. What is th

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Question 472864: An airplane aver the Pacific sights an atoll at an angle of depression of 5 degrees. At this time, the horizontal distance from the airplane to the atoll is 4629 meters. What is the height of the plane to the nearest meter?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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tan(5) = h/4269
h = 4269*tan(5)
h =~ 373 meters