From a hot air balloon, the angle between a radio antenna straight below and the base of the library downtown is 63°, as shown below. If the distance between the radio antenna and the library is 24 miles, how many miles high is the balloon?
tan(64°) is given by the distance from radio mast to library, divided by height of balloon (h), or:
tan(64°)=24/h
Rearrange to get h = 24/tan(64°)
h=24tan360∘(64∘)⇒h=11.7055821255823653
h ≈ 11.7 miles
Edit: I should have used 63° not 64° in the above!!
Thanks for pointing this out Chris.
h=24tan360∘(63∘)⇒h=12.2286107878672297
h ≈ 12.2 miles
tan(64°) is given by the distance from radio mast to library, divided by height of balloon (h), or:
tan(64°)=24/h
Rearrange to get h = 24/tan(64°)
h=24tan360∘(64∘)⇒h=11.7055821255823653
h ≈ 11.7 miles
Edit: I should have used 63° not 64° in the above!!
Thanks for pointing this out Chris.
h=24tan360∘(63∘)⇒h=12.2286107878672297
h ≈ 12.2 miles