I have no clue how to do this math using the diagram: 3.) At this point, the plane started descending. As the plane turned, it’s
altitude dropped from 3060 feet to 1650 feet above ground level. Calculate the angle of descent if the plane traveled 0.5 miles (c). (Note: the difference in altitude is 1390 feet)
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now, we know their perimeter are the same for both
thus 4(a+4) = 6a
solve for "a"
now, we know their perimeter are the same for both
thus 4(a+4) = 6a
solve for "a"
The firts thig we are going to do is create tow triangles using the angles of elevation of Paul and Jose. Since the problem is not giving us their height we'll assume that the horizontal line of sight of both of them coincide with the base of the tree.
We know that Paul is 19m from the base of the tree and its elevation angle to the top of the tree is 59°. We also know that the elevation angle of Jose and the top of the tree is 43°, but we don't know the distance between Paul of Jose, so lets label that distance as
.
Now we can build a right triangle between Paul and the tree and another one between Jose and the tree as shown in the figure. Lets use cosine to find h in Paul's trianlge:
Now we can use the law of sines to find the distance between Paul and Jose:
Now that we know the distance between Paul and Jose, the only thing left is add that distance to the distance from Paul and the base of the tree:
We can conclude that Jose is 33.9m from the base of the tree.
We know that Paul is 19m from the base of the tree and its elevation angle to the top of the tree is 59°. We also know that the elevation angle of Jose and the top of the tree is 43°, but we don't know the distance between Paul of Jose, so lets label that distance as
Now we can build a right triangle between Paul and the tree and another one between Jose and the tree as shown in the figure. Lets use cosine to find h in Paul's trianlge:
Now we can use the law of sines to find the distance
Now that we know the distance between Paul and Jose, the only thing left is add that distance to the distance from Paul and the base of the tree:
We can conclude that Jose is 33.9m from the base of the tree.
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