Sightings from a helicopter A helicopter hovers at an altitu
Sightings from a helicopter. A helicopter hovers at an altitude of 1000 feet above a short mountain peak which has an altitude of 6580 ft, (refer to figure below). A second, taller peak is viewed from both the shorter mountaintop and from the helicopter . From the helicopter, the angle of depression to the taller peak is 5 degrees and the angle from the taller peak to the shorter peak is 42.5 degrees . If standing on the shorter mountain peak, the angle of elevation to the taller peak is 25 degrees .Remember to set up an equation to solve then in a series of clear steps find a solution.
a) Approximate the distance from peak to peak.
b) Approximate the distance the helicopter is from the taller peak( remember to set up an equatiopn to solve then in a series of clear steps find a solution).
42.5 1000i)Solution
sorry please upload the picture correctly we did n\'t receive the picture and there a little bit confusion is helicopter is placed on the shorter mountain or not ?
