A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts that lie ahead and are 4.3 km apart, to be 32° and 56°. Find the distance of the plane from the closer milepost, to the nearest tenth of a kilometer. The distance is km.
A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts that lie ahead and are 4.3 km apart, to be 32° and 56°. Find the distance of the plane from the closer milepost, to the nearest tenth of a kilometer. The distance is km.
Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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Chapter1: Trigonometric Functions
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1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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![A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts that lie ahead and are 4.3 km apart, to be
32° and 56°. Find the distance of the plane from the closer milepost, to the nearest tenth of a kilometer.
The distance is
km.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F34c5495c-ad4d-4163-bc2b-90545ed1fce3%2Fdeea2963-d0be-4373-a9cd-f3c007bd355e%2Fp13lygg_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A pilot is flying over a straight highway. He determines the angles of depression to two mileposts that lie ahead and are 4.3 km apart, to be
32° and 56°. Find the distance of the plane from the closer milepost, to the nearest tenth of a kilometer.
The distance is
km.
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