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If you were in a hot air balloon 500 m above the ground, at what angle of depression would you look at a point on the ground 800m horizontally from the balloon

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Set up trig ratio using tangent.
Tan theta = opp/adj
Tan theta = 500/800
Tan^-1 (500/800) = 32 degrees
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