A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts, 6.6 mi apart, to be 38° and 52°, as shown in the figure. 38° 52° 6.6 mi A В NOTE: The picture is NOT drawn to scale. What is the elevation of the plane in feet? Give your answer to the nearest whole number. height = feet
A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts, 6.6 mi apart, to be 38° and 52°, as shown in the figure. 38° 52° 6.6 mi A В NOTE: The picture is NOT drawn to scale. What is the elevation of the plane in feet? Give your answer to the nearest whole number. height = feet
A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts, 6.6 mi apart, to be 38° and 52°, as shown in the figure. 38° 52° 6.6 mi A В NOTE: The picture is NOT drawn to scale. What is the elevation of the plane in feet? Give your answer to the nearest whole number. height = feet
A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts, 6.6 mi apart, to be 38° and 52°, as shown in the figure.
What is the elevation of the plane in feet? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
Transcribed Image Text:A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts,
6.6 mi apart, to be 38° and 52°, as shown in the figure.
38°
52°
6.6 mi
A
В
NOTE: The picture is NOT drawn to scale.
What is the elevation of the plane in feet? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
height =
feet
Figure in plane geometry formed by two rays or lines that share a common endpoint, called the vertex. The angle is measured in degrees using a protractor. The different types of angles are acute, obtuse, right, straight, and reflex.
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