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A plane rises from​ take-off and flies at an angle of 4° with the horizontal runway. When it has gained 450 ​feet, find the​ distance, to the nearest​ foot, the plane has flown. An airplane is at vertex B of a right triangle that has a horizontal side A C, a vertical side B C of length 450 feet, and a dashed hypotenuse A B of unknown length c that rises from left to right. Angle C is the right angle and angle A measures 4°.

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Answer: a)6447feet

b) 6446.98feet

Explanation:

For the first question, it is represented with figure 1 in the picture attached

For the second question, it is represented with figure 2 in the picture attached

A plane rises from​ take-off and flies at an angle of 4° with the horizontal runway-example-1
A plane rises from​ take-off and flies at an angle of 4° with the horizontal runway-example-2
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