An small plane is at an altitude of 2400 feet and is 4 miles by land away from the airport. What is the average angle of elevation from the airport to the airplane? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.)

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An small plane is at an altitude of 2400 feet and is 4 miles by land away from the airport.  What is the average angle of elevation from the airport to the airplane?  (Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.)

anonymous · Answer

If you notice you have 2 units, always get in the habit of converting to 1 unit when you do problems that involve variables in the same problem

anonymous · Answer

how do i do that?

anonymous · Answer

To picture this problem we will draw it out: 
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