A Goodyear Blimp is positioned at a height of 1,500 feet over the M&T
Bank Stadium to broadcast the Baltimore Ravens game. The blimp is
observed by a car of fans as they look upward at an angle of 22º.
Another car closer to the stadium can see the blimp if they look
upward at an angle of 65º.
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Determine x, the distance between the two cars.

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ashishdwivedilVT ashishdwivedilVT · Answer 1 · 2022-04-09T12:53:39+02:00

The distance between two cars comes to be 4412.06 feet.

Find the attached diagram to visualize it better.

From the attached diagram

The Distance between two cars is x+y

The angle of elevation for the first car = 22 degrees

The angle of elevation for the second car = 65 degrees.

Height of the Goodyear blimp = 1500 feet

The tangent of an angle is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side of that angle.

So, tan 22° = 1500/x

So, x= 1500/tan 22°

x = 3712.63 feet

tan 65° = 1500/y

So, y = 1500/tan 65°

y = 699.46 feet

x+y = 4412.06 feet

So, the distance between two cars = 4412.06 feet

Therefore, the distance between two cars comes to be 4412.06 feet.

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