SOLUTION: Mai is flying a plane at an altitude of 1600 ft. She sights a stadium at an angle of depression of 35 degrees. What is mai's approximate horizontal distance from the stadium?
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Question 973662: Mai is flying a plane at an altitude of 1600 ft. She sights a stadium at an angle of depression of 35 degrees. What is mai's approximate horizontal distance from the stadium?
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thanks:) Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Mai is flying a plane at an altitude of 1600 ft. She sights a stadium at an angle of depression of 35 degrees. What is mai's approximate horizontal distance from the stadium?
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Draw the picture::
You have a right triangle with height = 1600
and angle opposite height = 35 degrees (because angle of depression
equal angle of elevation)
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Solve for "base::
tan(35) = 1600/base
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base = 1600/tan(35) = 2285.04 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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