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herz
May 2, 2008, 02:20 PM
I am brain dead on this one and I know its faily simple but its been a while since I've done one of these... please help!

An airplane traveling at 240mph is descending at an angle of 12degrees. How many miles will the plane descend in 8 minutes?

galactus
May 2, 2008, 02:39 PM
At 240 mph the plane will travel 32 miles in 8 minutes.

On the vertical, it desends 32sin(12) miles.