Question 577005: To land, a plane will approach an airport at a 4 percent angle of depression. If the plane is flying at 30,000 ft, find the ground distance from the airport the the point directly below the plane when the pilot begins descending.Round to the nearest 10,000 ft.
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To land, a plane will approach an airport at a 4 percent angle of depression. If the plane is flying at 30,000 ft, find the ground distance from the airport the the point directly below the plane when the pilot begins descending.Round to the nearest 10,000 ft.
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4% is not an angle.
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