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Dovator [93]
3 years ago
8

An airplane flying at an altitude of 1000 feet spots a runway beacon 4000 feet away.What should the airplane’s angle of descent

be in order to land on the runway?
a.14°
b.18°
c.20°
d.31°
Mathematics
1 answer:
eimsori [14]3 years ago
4 0

tan(theta) = opposite side/adjacent side
So tan (theta) = 1000/4000= 1/4
so theta= arc tan(1/4)= 0.245 radians= 0.245*180/pi = 14degree
So option a is correct.

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