A meteorologist measures the angle of elevation of a weather balloon as 41°. A radio signal from the balloon that it is 1,503 m from his location. To the nearest meter, how high above the ground is the balloon.?

Answer 1

We can use trigonometry to solve this problem. Let h be the height of the balloon above the ground. Then, we can set up the following equation:

tan(41°) = h/1503

To solve for h, we can multiply both sides by 1503:

h = 1503 * tan(41°)

Using a calculator, we can find:

h ≈ 1033 meters

Therefore, to the nearest meter, the balloon is 1033 meters above the ground.

Answer 2

AAAaannndd the bot gets it wrong yet again!

since the radio signal is line-of-sight,
h/1503 = sin(41°)