A large weather balloon is tethered by two ropes. One rope measures 22ft and attaches to the balloon at an angle of 33° from the ground. The second rope attaches to the base of the balloon at an angle of 17° with the ground.       (c)If both ropes suddenly detach and the balloon rises straight up at a rate of  4/ftsec, how long will it take the balloon to reach a height of  60ft from the ground? Round to the nearest tenth of a second.   It will take the balloon approximately  sec     to reach a height of  60ft

Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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Chapter1: Trigonometric Functions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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A large weather balloon is tethered by two ropes. One rope measures 22ft and attaches to the balloon at an angle of 33° from the ground. The second rope attaches to the base of the balloon at an angle of 17° with the ground.

 
 
 
(c)If both ropes suddenly detach and the balloon rises straight up at a rate of 
4/ftsec, how long will it take the balloon to reach a height of 
60ft from the ground? Round to the nearest tenth of a second.

 

It will take the balloon approximately 
sec     to reach a height of 
60ft
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