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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A. 25 feet B. 110 feet C. 56 feet D. 98 feet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

so you have an angle and you are trying to find the value of the opposite leg and you have the value of the adjacent leg.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

there's no angle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so as you may well know \[\tan \theta=\frac{ opposite }{ adjacent }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it says your angle of depression is 27

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@jumpman97 are you there?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea

OpenStudy (anonymous):

there is an angle given

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nope there's no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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. A. 25 feet B. 110 feet C. 56 feet D. 98 feet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol you wrote it. it says 27 is the angle of depression

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that's it just that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

u know dat 27 is ferenhight

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Are you trolling right now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it has da lil circal around the coner. n no im not trolling

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that little circle means degrees

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes degress

OpenStudy (anonymous):

imma save you some time. the answer is A.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok have a phone no homo

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea but I'd prefer skype do you have skype?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no why u dont like texting

OpenStudy (anonymous):

why are we texting. You can easily type on this

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in i cant text u anyway because i left my phone in chicago

OpenStudy (anonymous):

O.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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