How much farther (to the nearest meter) does the airplane have to fly before it is directly above the coastline?

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asked Jul 25, 2023 180k views

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Deepak Thakur · Answer 1 · 2023-07-30T02:08:37+0000

SOLUTION:

Case: Trigonometry

Method;

The diagram

The coastline is C

The distance further is 'x'

The Airplane is A.

To find x

$\begin{gathered} \tan14\degree=(6000)/(x) \\ x=(6000)/(\tan14\degree) \\ x=(6000)/(0.2493) \\ x=24064.69\text{ }m \end{gathered}$

Final answer: Nearest meter

24065 m