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Trigonemetry problem

Questions about the problem in the image

  • What are the known quantities in the problem?
  • What is the unknown quantity we are asked to find?
  • Which trigonometric function relates height and horizontal distance?
  • If x is the horizontal distance of the aircraft from Radar A, how can the height be expressed using the tangent function?
  • How can the distance of the aircraft from Radar B be expressed in terms of x?
  • What equation do we get if we set the two height expressions equal?
  • How do we find the distances from both radar stations after finding x?
  • Which trigonometric function do we use to find the actual (slanted) distance, not just the horizontal one?