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Mademuasel [1]
3 years ago
11

Isaac and Albert spot a hot air balloon flying at a low altitude. They decide to calculate its height by standing 400 feet apart

on a level surface and measuring the angle of elevation to the balloon. From
Albert, the balloon was at an angle of elevation of 62°and from Issac its was 48º. Determine the height of
the balloon above the ground to the nearest foot.
Mathematics
1 answer:
yarga [219]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

144 feet to nearest foot.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the distance between Albert and the point on the ground that the balloon is directly above be x feet Then for Isaac the distance is 400 - x feet

So we have 2 right angled triangles and:

tan 62 = h/x

tan 48 = h / (400- x)         where h is the height of the balloon.

From the first equation x = h / tan 62 so plugging this into the second one:

tan 48 =  h /  ( 400 - h/tan 62)

h = 400 tan 48 - h tan 48 tan 62

h + h tan 48 tan 62 = 400 tan 48

h ( 1 + tan48 tan62) = 400 tan48

h = 400 tan 48 / (1 +  tan 48 tan 62)

= 143.8 feet.

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