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A plane traveled 322 miles from El Paso in a direction 57° northeast. What is height of the plane, to the nearest mile?​

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Answer:

The height of the plane to the nearest mile is 175 miles

Explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the direction of the plane

A diagrammatic representation of this will be interesting

Please check an attachment for this

From the diagram, consider the triangle OAB

we want to calculate the height of this triangle

We simply apply trigonometric identity

Thus, we have that;

Sine 33 = h/322

h = 322 sine 33

h = 175.37

h is approximately 175 miles

A plane traveled 322 miles from El Paso in a direction 57° northeast. What is height-example-1
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