Question

An airplane climbs at an angle of 11 degrees with the ground. Find the distance it has traveled when it has attained an altitude of 400 feet. Using sin, cos, and tan.

Answer 1

2096.34 ft

Explanation:

Answer 2

2096.34 ft

Explanation:

You are given the angle, (11 degrees), and the altitude (400 feet).

In this case, in terms of triangles you have the opposite side and want to find the hypotenuse, so you will be using Sine.

sin(11) =
`(400)/(x)`

x(sin(11) =
`(400)/(x)`)

x(sin(11)) = 400

x(sin(11))/sin(11) = 400/sin(11)

x = 2096.3337226 ft