Question

Stella's friends got her a skydiving lesson forher birthday. Her helicopter took off from theskydiving center, ascending in an angle of37°, and traveled a distance of 2.1kilometers before she fell in a straight lineperpendicular to the ground.How far from the skydiving center did Stellaland?

Answer 1

Step 1

Draw a triangle to illustrate the information.

Step 2:

`\begin{gathered} cos37\text{ = }(h)/(2.1) \\ \\ 0.79863\text{ = }(h)/(2.1) \\ \\ h\text{ = 2.1 }*\text{ 0.79863} \\ h\text{ = 1.68 km} \end{gathered}`

Final answer

1.68 km