Problema Solution
An airplane is directly above a beacon that is 100,000 feet from an airport control tower. The angle of depression from the plane to the base of the control tower is 6^0. How high above the beacon is the plane?
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let h = the height above the beacon
make a good drawing and notice the right triangle with right angle at the beacon
h = 100000* tan(6)
h = 10,510.424 ft
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