14. Jessica is viewing a space shuttle launch from a park 18 miles away from the launch point. When she first sees it over the tree line, she measures an angle of elevation of 6°. After it's flown for some time, she measures a new angle of elevation to the shuttle as 74°. Calculate the vertical distance traveled from the moment she first saw it until she took the second measurement. Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

14. Jessica is viewing a space shuttle launch from a park 18 miles away from the launch point. When she first sees it over the tree line, she measures an angle of elevation of 6°. After it's flown for some time, she measures a new angle of elevation to the shuttle as 74°. Calculate the vertical distance traveled from the moment she first saw it until she took the second measurement. Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

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14. Jessica is viewing a space shuttle launch from a park 18 miles away from the
launch point. When she first sees it over the tree line, she measures an
angle of elevation of 6°. After it's flown for some time, she measures a new
angle of elevation to the shuttle as 74°. Calculate the vertical distance
traveled from the moment she first saw it until she took the second
measurement. Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

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