The angle of elevation is 350 ???
I suspect a typo.
Did you mean 35° ?
Correct your typo, then set it up like I showed you in the previous post.
The airport meteorologists keep an eye on the weather to ensure the safety of the flights. One thing they watch is the cloud ceiling. The cloud ceiling is the lowest altitude at which solid cloud is visible. If the cloud ceiling is too low the planes are not allowed to take off or land.
One way a meteorologist can find the cloud ceiling at night is to shine a searchlight that is located a fixed distance from their office vertically into the clouds. Then they measure the angle of elevation to the spot of light on the cloud. The angle of elevation is the angle formed by the line of sight to the spot and the horizontal. Using trigonometry, the cloud ceiling can be determined.
Supposed a searchlight located 200 meters from a weather office is turned on. If the angle of elevation to the spot of light on the clouds is 350 , how high is the cloud ceiling?
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