Initial: 200 feet = opp. side
Angle = 17.31, adj. Side = a
So tan (17.31) = opp. Side / adj. Side
tan (17.31) = 200 / a
--> a = 200/tan17.31 = 641.73
When stopped: adj. Still = a
Opp. Side still = 200, angle = 46.41
tan46.41 = 200 / a
--> a = 200/tan46.41 = 190.39
Now subtract those two distances to get the distance traveled from initial to when it stopped:
641.73 - 190.39 = 451.34 feet

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3 years ago

The packaging lists a model airplane’s length as 10.5 in. It also gives the scale as 1:83. What is the length of the actual airp

Lana71 [14]

$\bf \cfrac{\stackrel{model}{length}}{\stackrel{actual}{length}}\qquad 1:83\qquad \cfrac{1}{83}\implies \cfrac{1}{83}=\cfrac{10.5}{x}\implies x=\cfrac{83\cdot 10.5}{1}
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x=871.5~inches
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\textit{there are 12 inches in 1 foot, thus }
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871.5~\underline{in}\cdot \cfrac{ft}{12~\underline{in}}\implies 72.625~ft 
\qquad \approx 73~ft$