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A plane is descending at a 12°
angle of depression. If the current altitude of the plane is 1,000 feet, find the distance the plane still needs to fly to reach the ground. Round the answer to the nearest foot. (Hint: Draw it out!)(1 point)
Responses

208 feet
208 feet

4810 feet
4810 feet

1122 feet
1122 feet

978 feet

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Draw a right triangle: the vertical leg = 1000 ft, the angle between the hypotenuse (flight path) and the horizontal = 12°. Using sin:

sin 12° = opposite/hypotenuse = 1000/d

so d = 1000 / sin 12° ≈ 1000 / 0.2079117 ≈ 4809.48 ft.

Rounded to the nearest foot: 4810 feet.