Question

An aircraft flying onto an airport calls out the control tower and says it is at height of 500M above the tower .If its horizontal distance from the tower is 8KM ,calculate the angle of elevation from the top of the tower.

Answer 1

32° is the answer.......

Answer 2

32°

Explanation:

As the aircraft horizontal distance is 'a', the vertical distance from the tower is 'o' . The 'a' is 8000M and 'o' is 500M.

`tan(angle) = o / a`

Thus, angle=32°