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.) From the time a small airplane is 240 feet high and 5,200 ground feet from its landing runway, the plane descends in a straight line to the runway. Determine the planes angle of descent. Draw a diagram that describes the scenario.

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Answer:

87.357

Explanation:

use TOA to solve for the missing angle

let x= angle

tan(x)=5200/240

x=87.357

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