Question

a plane flying 33,000 ft is 130 miles from the airport when it begins to descend if the angle of descent is constant find this angle
Reiny
33000 ft = 33000/5280 miles = 5.681818... miles

let the angle of descent be Ø
tanØ = 5.681818.../130 = .043706...
Ø = appr 2.5°