Question

two airplanes are approaching an airport to land. the pilot of plane a records and angle of decent of 15 degrees. a person near the runwat finds the angle of elevation to plane b to be 15 degrees as well. are the two planes decending at the same angle?

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes,two planes descending at the same angle

Explanation:

Given the angle of deviation as seen by the pilot is equal to 15 degrees,

i.e the angle made by the line of sight with the ground is 15 degrees also the angle of elevation from a person at ground to the other plane is given to be equal to 15 degrees

which means the angle made by line of sight to plane and ground is equal to 15 degrees hence both of these situations refer to the same angle at a point and hence both planes are descending at the same angle.