A jet fighter is going to land on a battleship. The angle of depression it lands at is 20 degrees. If it is 10,000 ft in the ai

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r, how far across the sea will it travel?

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Black_prince [1.1K] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-13T00:21:07+03:00

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Answer:

10641.777 feets

Step-by-step explanation:

To obtain the distance to be traveled across the sea, we use trigonometry :

Cosθ = adjacent / hypotenus

Adjacent = 10000

Hypotenus = d

θ = 20°

Cos 20° = 10000 / d

0.9396926 = 10000 / d

d = 10000 / 0.9396926

d = 10641.777

​A jet fighter is going to land on a battleship. The angle of depression it lands at is 20 degrees. If it is 10,000 ft in the ai