SOLUTION: An airplane is flying 10,500 feet above level ground. The angle of depression from the plane to the base of
a tree is 23degrees. How far horizontally must the plane fly to be dir
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Question 916952: An airplane is flying 10,500 feet above level ground. The angle of depression from the plane to the base of
a tree is 23degrees. How far horizontally must the plane fly to be directly over the tree? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let it travel x miles to be right on top of the tree
tan 23 deg = 10500/x
x=10500/tan 23 degrees
=24736.45 feet
