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If you were in a hot air balloon 500 m over Lady Bird Lake, at what angle of depression would you look at a point on the ground 800 m
horizontally from the balloon?
ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DEGREE

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Answer:

Set up trig ratio using tangent.

Tan theta = opp/adj

Tan theta = 500/800

Tan^-1 (500/800) = 32 degrees

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