A plane takes off at an angle of elevation of 15 and travels in a straight line for 3,000 meters. What is the height of the plane above the ground at this instant?

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DeanR

That's a right triangle with hypotenuse 3000 and the height y is the side opposite the elevation angle of 15 degrees.

[tex]y = 3000 \sin 15^\circ[/tex]


We can actually compute [tex]\sin 15^\circ[/tex] exactly but I won't bother.

[tex]y \approx 776 \textrm{ feet}[/tex]