Question

A glider is flying above a field. The glider spots the landing pad at a 9°angle of depression. The glider is flying at an altitude of 100 m. Howmany meters is the glider from the point 100 m above the landing pad?Round your answer to the nearest whole number.?Required: enter an answer!mAng

Answer 1

It is given that the angle of depression is 9 degrees and the glider is flying at altitude of 100 m. The diagram is given below:

To find the value of x use the trigonometric tan ratio to get:

`\begin{gathered} \tan 9=(100)/(x) \\ x=(100)/(\tan 9)\approx631 \end{gathered}`

Hence the distance of the glider from the landing pad is 631 meters.