An airplane is approaching Seattle international airport. the pilot begins a 13- degree angle of descent starting from a height of 500 feet. how far from the airport
is the plane? round to the nearest tenth.
work:
10° angle of descent
airport
the plane is away from the airport.
I apologize, but some essential information seems to be missing from the question to accurately solve it. We need to know the rate of descent of the airplane or the landing speed along with the angle of descent to calculate how far from the airport the plane is. Without this information, it is not possible to solve this problem. Could you please double-check the question and provide us with more details?
Yes, there is enough information!
Make your sketch to see that
tan13 = 500/x , where x is the horizontal distance to the airport
x = 500/tan13 = 2165.74 ft
500 ft high when it start its descent ???? wow, that is cutting it close