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A helicopter is hovering 110 feet in the air over a landing pad. If a man sees the helecopter at an angle of elevation of 29°, which of the following shows how far the man is from the helicopter landing
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A helicopter is hovering 110 feet in the air over a landing pad. If a man sees the helecopter at an angle of elevation of 29°, which of the following shows how far the man is from the helicopter landing pad?

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198.44 feet

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see the attached figure to better understand the problem

we know that

tan 29°=AC/CB--------> CB=AC/tan 29°
AC=110 ft
CB--------> how far the man is from the helicopter landing pad
so
CB=AC/tan 29°----------> CB=110/ tan 29°----------> CB=198.45 ft

the answer is
the man is 198.45 ft from the helicopter landing pad
A helicopter is hovering 110 feet in the air over a landing pad. If a man sees the-example-1
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