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find the height of a balloon directly above a town A if the angle of depression of town B, 6.23 miles from A is 15 degrees 20 minutes

 May 10, 2016
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We have

 

20'  =  [20/60]°  = [1/3]°

 

tan ( 15 + 1/3)   = H / 6.23     where H is the height we are looking for.....solve for H

 

H  = 6.23 tan (15 + 1/3)  = about 1.71 mi

 

 

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 May 10, 2016

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