A plane is flying at an elevation at 35,000 feet within sight of the gateway arch in St Louis Missouri. the pilot would like to estimate her distance from the Arch. She finds that the angle of depression to a point on the ground below the arch is 22 degrees. What is the distance between the plane and the arch? What is the distance between a point on the ground directly below the plane and the arch?

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cggurumanjunath · Answer

can u draw the figure ... try.

anonymous · Answer

35000 Cot[22] = 86628 ft = 16.4068 miles