Question

a blimp flying at an altitude off 500 feet is directly over a line from soldier field to the Adler planetarium on lake Michigan (see the figure). if the angle of depression from the blimp to the stadium 32º and that from the blimp to the planetarium is 23º, find the distance between soldier field and the Adler planetarium

Answer 1

Answer:

90-32=58

90-23=67

a=500(tan58degrees)

a=800.1672 ft

tan67°=b/500

b=500(tan67degrees)

b=1177.9261

800.1672+1177.9261=

1978.09 ft