SOLUTION: a plane is flying at an elevation of 24000 feet it is within sight of the airport and the pilot finds that the angle of depression to the airport is 18 degrees find the distance be
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Question 470001: a plane is flying at an elevation of 24000 feet it is within sight of the airport and the pilot finds that the angle of depression to the airport is 18 degrees find the distance between a point on the ground directly below the plane and the airport Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a plane is flying at an elevation of 24000 feet it is within sight of the airport and the pilot finds that the angle of depression to the airport is 18 degrees find the distance between a point on the ground directly below the plane and the airport
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24000 ft is the hypotenuse.
The distance asked is
d = 24000*cos(18)
You can calculate that.
