SOLUTION: An airplane flying at an altitude of 7k feet is 5 miles from the runway where the pilot plans to land. To the nearest degree what angle of depression should the plane assume
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Question 991387: An airplane flying at an altitude of 7k feet is 5 miles from the runway where the pilot plans to land. To the nearest degree what angle of depression should the plane assume
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Make a right triangle where the hypotenuse is 5 miles and the height is 7000 ft.
The angle, , between the plane and the ground can be determined,
