Homework Help: trig

Posted by stellar on Friday, September 30, 2011 at 12:35pm.

A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts, 4 mi apart, to be x = 27° and y = 53°, as shown in the figure. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

(a) Find the distance of the plane from point A.
mi

(b) Find the elevation of the plane.
mi

trig - Anonymous, Friday, September 30, 2011 at 12:44pm
let me start you off

draw a straight line representing 4miles apart..... now at the ends of the line make angles of 27 and 53

now figure it out
trig - stellar, Friday, September 30, 2011 at 12:48pm
i don't get it

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