Question

Need help asap please and thank you. Difference in the heights of the two ballons

Answer 1

calculate the length of the adjacent sides to 31 and 43 degrees, of the given traingles (these are the heights), as follow:

`\begin{gathered} \cos 31=(h_1)/(425) \\ h_1=425\cdot\cos 31 \\ h_1\approx364.3 \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \cos 43=(h_2)/(560) \\ h_2=560\cdot\cos 43 \\ h_2\approx409.5 \end{gathered}`

The difference in the heights is:

h2 - h1 = 409.5 - 364.3 = 45.2

Hence, the answer is 45.2 meters