Looking up, Debra sees two hot air balloons in the sky as shown. She determines that the lower hot air balloon is 700 meters away, at an angle of 38° from the vertical. The higher hot air balloon is 1050 meters away, at an angle of 26° from the vertical. How much higher is the balloon on the right than the balloon on the left? Do not round any intermediate computations. Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Note that the figure below is not drawn to scale. O meters 1050 meters 26° 38° 700 meters

Looking up, Debra sees two hot air balloons in the sky as shown. She determines that the lower hot air balloon is 700 meters away, at an angle of 38° from the vertical. The higher hot air balloon is 1050 meters away, at an angle of 26° from the vertical. How much higher is the balloon on the right than the balloon on the left? Do not round any intermediate computations. Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Note that the figure below is not drawn to scale. O meters 1050 meters 26° 38° 700 meters

Trigonometry (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134217437

Author:Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels

Publisher:Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels

Chapter1: Trigonometric Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.

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Ratios

A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.

Trigonometric Ratios

Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.

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Looking up, Debra sees two hot air balloons in the sky as shown. She determines that the lower hot air balloon is 700 meters away, at an angle of 38° from the
vertical. The higher hot air balloon is 1050 meters away, at an angle of 26° from the vertical. How much higher is the balloon on the right than the balloon on
the left?
Do not round any intermediate computations. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Note that the figure below is not drawn to scale.
meters
1050 meters
26°
38°
700 meters

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