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OpenStudy (softballgirl372015):

Word Problem Help!!!! The approach pattern to an airport requires pilots to set an 11° angle of descent toward the runway. If a plane is flying at an altitude of 9500 m, at what distance(measured along the ground) from the airport must the pilot start the descent?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1367895691827:dw| rearrange and solve for tan11 = (9500/x) x=48873.26315

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