Tristan spots a green hot air ballon due east from him at an angle of elevation of 25° at a festival. He turns due west and sees a blue hot air balloon at an angle of elevation of 60°. If the altitude of the green balloon is 345 meters, and the altitude of the blue balloon is 675 meters, and Tristan is 1.8 meters tall, find the 11. distance between the balloons. Round answer to nearest whole number. Show all work
Tristan spots a green hot air ballon due east from him at an angle of elevation of 25° at a festival. He turns due west and sees a blue hot air balloon at an angle of elevation of 60°. If the altitude of the green balloon is 345 meters, and the altitude of the blue balloon is 675 meters, and Tristan is 1.8 meters tall, find the 11. distance between the balloons. Round answer to nearest whole number. Show all work
Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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ISBN:9780134217437
Author:Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
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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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![Tristan spots a green hot air ballon due east from him at an angle of elevation of 25° at a festival.
He turns due west and sees a blue hot air balloon at an angle of elevation of 60°. If the altitude of the green
balloon is 345 meters, and the altitude of the blue balloon is 675 meters, and Tristan is 1.8 meters tall, find the
11.
distance between the balloons. Round answer to nearest whole number. Show all work](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F91d6ab32-d780-41e0-87ff-675a637d0a9c%2Fc937cf6f-91fb-48fb-b198-504986529b8e%2Fba0qnt4_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Tristan spots a green hot air ballon due east from him at an angle of elevation of 25° at a festival.
He turns due west and sees a blue hot air balloon at an angle of elevation of 60°. If the altitude of the green
balloon is 345 meters, and the altitude of the blue balloon is 675 meters, and Tristan is 1.8 meters tall, find the
11.
distance between the balloons. Round answer to nearest whole number. Show all work
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