While taking a ride in a hot-air balloon in Napa Valley, Francisco wonders how high he is. To find out, he chooses a landmark th
at is to the east of the balloon and measures the angle of depression to be 54 degrees. A few minutes later, after traveling 100 feet east, the angle of depression to the same landmark is determined to be 61 degrees. Find the height of the balloon.
The solution would be like
this for this specific problem:
sin 54 degrees = Height/718.0624
Height = (sin 54 degrees)(718.0624) = 580.9 ft
So the height of the balloon is 580.9 ft. I am hoping that this
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