Question

Max is in a control tower at a small airport. He is located 50 feet above the ground when he spots a small plane on the runway at an angle of depression of 27. What is the distance of the plane from the base of the tower? Round to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

It's best to draw a picture for these kind of questions, can u do that?

Answer 2

yea

Answer 3

here

Answer 4

@jennychan12's picture was pretty accurate but she forgot the x.
x=what we want to solve for, the distance between the plane and the base of the tower.

Answer 5

now solve for x, do you know how to do that?

Answer 6

not really!!!! lol

Answer 7

learnt any trigonometry before?

Answer 8

relate 27 degrees, 50 and x in a trig function (sine,cosine, or tangent).

Answer 9

still stuck on pre-algebra

Answer 10

wow k, so why did they give u this kind of question?

Answer 11

you should have learned trig. or else there's no other way to do this question.

Answer 12

i have no idea!!!

Answer 13

lol, so weird....

Answer 14

well @jennychan12 seems to have it covered, keep explaining :)

Answer 15

im on ashworthcommunity.com tryin to get diploma

Answer 16

have you learned SOH CAH TOA ?

Answer 17

What?????? LOL

Answer 18

NO

Answer 19

do you know what sine, cosine, and tangent are? have you even HEARD of them? if you haven't, there's no way to do this question. :(

Answer 20

well i am gessng then thank you so much for trying to help me though.

Answer 21

waitwait.

Answer 22

read this first @missylyn1990
http://www.mathsisfun.com/sine-cosine-tangent.html

Answer 23

ok

Answer 24

thank you