When an airplane leaves the runway, its angle of climb is 18 degrees and its speed is 275 feet per second. Find the plane's altitude after 1 minute.

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Brent Baccala · Answer 1 · 2017-08-03T01:05:22+0000

distance after 1 minute = speed * time = 275 * 60 = 16,500 feet
Let the altitude of the plane be y, then
sin 18 = y/16500
y = 16500 sin 18 = 5,098.78 feet

When an airplane leaves the runway, its angle of climb is 18 degrees and its speed is 275 feet per second. Find the plane's altitude after 1 minute.

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