A plane flies at an altitude of 3.5 kilometers and then starts to descend when it is 60
kilometers from the runway. What is the angle of depression for the descent of the plane?
Round to the nearest degree.

Respuesta :

Answer:

Angle of depression = 3.37°

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told that A plane flies at an altitude of 3.5 kilometers and then starts to descend when it is 60

kilometers from the runway.

I've attached an image of a triangle depicting this question.

From the triangle, we can find the angle of depression θ from trigonometric ratio since it's a right angle triangle.

Thus;

3.5/60 = tan θ

tan θ = 0.0583

θ = tan^(-1) 0.0583

θ = 3.37°

Ver imagen AFOKE88