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Question 1118031: An airliner flying at a height of 8000m needs to descend to a height of 200m when it is 5km from the airport. If its angle of descent is 3 degrees, how far from the airport should the pilot begin its descent? Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! With an angle of descent of 3 degrees he needs a whole lot more than 5,000m to descend 7,800m
