Question

.) From the time a small airplane is 240 feet high and 5,200 ground feet from its landing runway, the plane descends in a straight line to the runway. Determine the planes angle of descent. Draw a diagram that describes the scenario.

Answer 1

87.357

Explanation:

use TOA to solve for the missing angle

let x= angle

tan(x)=5200/240

x=87.357