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iron man is flying at an attitude of 30km. Pepper is at a surface distance of 12km from his location. what is the angle of elevation when she looks up to see him?

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We will solve as follows:

The shape is a rectangle triangle with a side of 30 and other side of 12. We calculate the hypotenuse:


h=\sqrt[]{12^2+30^2}\Rightarrow h=6\sqrt[]{29}

Now, using the law of sines, we solve:


\frac{6\sqrt[]{29}}{\sin(90)}=(30)/(\sin (\alpha))

Now we solve for alpha:


\Rightarrow\sin (\alpha)=\frac{30\sin(90)}{6\sqrt[]{29}}\Rightarrow\alpha=\sin ^(-1)(\frac{30\sin(90)}{6\sqrt[]{29}})

From this we will have that the angle of elevation when she looks is of aproximately 68.2°.

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