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a plane flying at an altitude of 10,000ft begins to descending whane the end of the runway is 50,000ft from a point on the ground directly below the plane. find the measure of the angle of depression to the nearest degree

 Apr 3, 2015

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The angle of depression is given by...

tan-1(10,000/ 50,000)   =  tan-1(1 / 5) = about 11.31°

 

  

 Apr 3, 2015
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The angle of depression is given by...

tan-1(10,000/ 50,000)   =  tan-1(1 / 5) = about 11.31°

 

  

CPhill Apr 3, 2015

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