Airplane landing A pilot, flying at an altitude of 5000 feet, wishes to approach the numbers on a runway at an angle of 10°. Approximate, to the nearest 100 feet, the distance from the airplane to the numbers at the beginning of the descent.

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A: Let x be the angle .Now figure according to the given situationwhere AB = height of the building BC…

Q: The angle of depression from one side of a lake, measured from a kite 2500 ft. above the lake is 43…

A: Given : The angle of depression from one side of a lake, measured from a kite 2500 ft. above the…

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Q: A Janitor is having a short nap in the shade under a tree that is 100m from the base of the tower.…

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Q: How tall is a building if you are 100 feet from the base and the angle of elevation is 60°

A: Tanθ = PB where P is perpendicular or height of the triangle and B is base of a triangle.

Q: The base of a 175-foot cell phone tower is 42 feet from point A. Determine the measure of the angle…

A: The base of a 175-foot cell phone tower is 42 feet from point A. Determine the measure of the angle…

Q: 8. A ship is sailing toward a 50-m tall lighthouse. The angle of elevation from the ship to the top…

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Q: The angle of elevation from the end of 63 ft long shadow to the top of a monument is 40°. To the…

A: The angle of elevation from the end of 63 ft long shadow to the top of a monument is 40°.

Q: The angle of elevation from a point on the ground to the top of a pyramid is 32°30​'  The angle of…

A: The given information can be represented by the following figure. Let AB be the pyramid with height…

Q: The Washington Monument is 555 feet high. If you are standing one quarter of a mile, or 1320 feet,…

A: Given Height of monument (H) = 555 ft Distance between monument's base and you = 1320 ft

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Q: From a point on the ground 43m away from a tree, the angle of elevation is 30 degrees. How tall is…

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Q: Surveying From a point 15 meters above level ground, a surveyor measures the angle of depression of…

A: Given, the height is 15 meters. The angle of depression is 68°. To find the distance from the object…

Q: Jim is looking up at a tree at an angle of elevation of 60°. If Jim is standing 72 feet away from…

A: use the formula by the trigonometric ratio for finding the height of the tree.

Q: A telephone pole is 55 feet tall. A guy wire 80 feet long is attached from the ground to the top of…

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Q: A surveyor is measuring the distance across a small lake. He has a set up his transit on one side of…

A: Let T=Transit , P=piling , Q= pier We draw the situation roughly. TP=120 ft and PQ=d and angle QTP=…

Q: An airplane is headed for the airport, 17 miles away. If the airplane is at an altitude of 1.52 mi,…

A: We will find the angle of depression.

Q: There is lightning rod on the top of a building. From a location 500 feet from the base of the…

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Q: Mt. Rushmore To measure the height of Lincoln’s caricatureon Mt. Rushmore, two sightings 800 feet…

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Q: A boy visiting New York City views the Empire State building from a point on the ground, A, which is…

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Q: A fisherman at sea observed that the angle of elevation of a cliff is 18°. What is the distance…

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Q: An airplane climbs at an angle of 11 with the ground. Find the ground distance it has traveled when…

A: Consider an airplane which climbs at an angle of 11 with the ground.  The objective of the problem…

Q: An airplane climbs at an angle of 13° with the ground. What is the distance it has traveled (to the…

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Q: 1. A6-foot-tall man is standing 50 feet from a flagpole. When he looks at the top of the flagpole,…

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Q: Mariela is standing in a building and looking out of a window at a tree. The tree is 20 feet away…

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Q: Ahelicopter hovers 975 feet above a small island. The figure shows that the angle of depression from…

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Q: A buoy is floating in the water near a lighthouse. The height of the lighthouse is 18 meters, and…

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Q: after a hurricane a homeowner examines trees on his property for damage.he thinks a 22ft.palm tress…

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Q: To measure the height of the cloud cover at an airport, a worker shines a spotlight upward at an…

A: To measure the height of the cloud cover at an airport, a worker shines a spotlight upward at an…

Q: Disney's Tower of Terror ride in Walt Disney World is 199 feet tall. If Josh is standing 132 feet…

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Q: A man on the deck of a ship is 13 ft above water level. He observes that the angle of elevation of…

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Q: (WASSCE) A woman looking out from the window of a building at a height of 30 m, observed that the…

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Q: Surveying From a point 233 feet above level ground, a surveyor measures the angle of depression of…

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Q: Rachel is standing at the base of a mountain. The angle of elevation to the top of the mountain is…

A: We can easily find the straight-line distance from Rachel to the top of mountain by using basic…

Q: A person is looking up at airplane at a 23° angle of elevation. The person is 3,000 meters from the…

A: To find the altitude of aeroplane from the person by using the method of heights and distance .

Q: A television antenna of 8 feet height is located on the top of a house. From a point on the ground…

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Q: he angle of elevation from a point on the ground to the top of the 225-foot cell phone tower is 65…

A: Given the length of tower is 225 foot which is also perpendicular of triangle  angle is 65 degree…

Q: A surveyor is standing 118 feet from the base of the Washington Monument. The surveyor measures the…

A: tan∅=h/base of the mounment. tan78=h/118

Q: The angle of elevation from a boat to the top of a lighthouse is 25°. The lighthouse is 150 feet…

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Q: The angle of depression from the top of the school to the base of the flagpole in front of the…

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Q: measure a stone face carved on the side of a​ mountain, two sightings 800 feet from the base of the…

A: To measure a stone face carved on the side of a​ mountain, two sightings 800 feet from the base of…

Q: A backdrop for a rock concert is supported by two guy wires mounted to the ground 135 feet from the…

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Q: An aeroplane at an altitude of 200 mts observes the angle of depression of opposite points on  the…

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Q: A person is standing 118 feet from the base of the Washington Monument. The person measures the…

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Q: The angle of depression from the light at the top of a lighthouse to a ship at sea 2.5km from the…

A: Given:  The angle of depression from the light at the top of a lighthouse to a ship at sea 2.5km…

Q: A lighthouse built at sea level is 150 feet high. From its top, the angle of depression of a buoy is…

A: A lighthouse built at sea level is 150 feet high. From its top, the angle of depression of a buoy is…

Q: Determine if the statement is true or false.    The cosine of half an angle equals half the cosine…

A: We know that, cosA+B=cosAcosB-sinAsinB        ⋯⋯1

Q: 1. You are skiing down a mountain with a vertical height of 1250 feet. The distance from the top of…

A: Given, vertical height of mountain = 1250 feet and distance from the top of the mountain to the base…

Q: The angle of elevation to the top of the Empire State Building in New York is found to be 13 degrees…

A: Using trigonometry, tan 13 = h/1355 h = 1355*tan 13  h = 1355* 0.23 h = 312.826 meters