Suppose you live 5.5 miles from a hill. From your home you see a plane directly above the hill. Your angle of elevation to the plane is 25°. What is the plane’s altitude?

Please explain how you solved the problem. I know you either sin,tan, or cos the angle, then multiply it by 5.5. I may be wrong though. Thank you.

Question

Suppose you live 5.5 miles from a hill. From your home you see a plane directly above the hill. Your angle of elevation to the plane is 25°. What is the plane’s altitude?

Please explain how you solved the problem. I know you either sin,tan, or cos the angle, then multiply it by 5.5. I may be wrong though. Thank you.

anonymous · Answer

Are you able to draw the triangle for this?

mertsj · Answer

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