Question 434431: A plane flying at 35,000 feet above the ground starts making a descent 150 miles from the airport. What is its angle of descent? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, josmiceli:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A plane flying at 35,000 feet above the ground starts making a descent 150 miles from the airport. What is its angle of descent?
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Angle = -35000 ft/150 miles
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-35000 ft = -35000ft/5280ft = -6.6288 miles
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slope = -6.6288/150 = -0.04419
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Angle = invtan(-0.04419) = -2.5304 degrees
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! First, the units must be the same mi x ft/mi = ft
The angle of descent is the angle whose tangent is degrees
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