Question

Charlie is at a small airfield watching for the approch of a small plane wiuth engine trouble. he sees the plane at an angle of elevation of 32. At the same time, the pilot radios Charlie and reports the plane's altitude is 1,700 feet. charlie's eye are 5.2 feet from jthe ground. draw a sketch of this situation (you do not need to submit the sketch). Find the ground distance from Charlie to the plane. Explain your work.

Answer 1

note the angle x is elevation angle, if you imagine a line passing through point C , and parallel to ab then i will make the same angle with the hypotenuse of this triangle
this concept is not needed but helps to visualize better

Answer 2

drawing is just an example, not to scale, have given the idea not solution