Question

on a test flight during the landing of the space shuttle the ship was 325ft above the end of the landing strip. If it then came in at a constant angle of 6.5° with the landing strip. how far from the end of the landing strip, how far from the end of the landing strip did it first touch ground?( A successful reentry required that the angle of re entry be between 5.1° and 7.1°.)

Answer 1

@ganeshie8

Answer 2

how do i set this up

Answer 3

@terenzreignz

Answer 4

if I'm not mistaken.

Answer 5

need to find this length:

Answer 6

i get 2870 is this correct?

Answer 7

I don't think so...

Answer 8

How did you do it?