Question

Suppose you live 6.9 miles from a hill. Fr
om your home you see a plane directly above the hil
l. Your angle of
elevation to the plane is 24°. What is the plane’s
altitude?

Answer 1

\[\tan(24)=\frac{x}{6.9}\]
\[x=6.9\tan(24)\] and a calculator

Answer 2

Thank you!!! :)

Answer 3

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6.9tan%2824%29
looks pretty close to 2, which seems odd that a plane would be 3 miles up, but i guess it is a made up problem anyways
yw

Answer 4

oops i mean pretty close to 3!

Answer 5

3 miles is 15,840 feet so it's actually pretty normal

Answer 6

Especially if they just recently took off