a) Tan5=(1550)/distance
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The Blue Angels, the Navy's elite flying squadron, have performed for more than 427 million fans since their inception in 1946.
Suppose the two Blue Angel jets at points P and A in the diagram have elevations of 1555 feet and 1000 feet, respectively. Both are flying east toward the viewing crowd at T. From T, the measure of the angle of elevation of jet P is 5°, and the measure of the angle of elevation of jet A is 2.4°.
(a) How far from the crowd is each of the jets?
Plane P __
Plane A __
(b) Find the distance d between the nose tip of jet A and the nose tip of jet P.
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