Question

The two hot air balloons in the drawing are 48.2 and h = 63.0 m above the ground. A person in the left balloon observes that the right balloon is è = 11.3° above the horzontal. What is the horizontal distance x between the two balloons?

Answer 1

tan 11.3° = (63.0-48.2)/x
x = 74.1 m