A balloonist is directly above a straight road 1 8 miles

Last updated: 5/3/2023

A balloonist is directly above a straight road 1 8 miles long that joins two towns She finds that the town closer to her is at an angle of depression of 40 and the farther town is at an angle of depression of 38 How high above the ground is the balloon The balloonist is about miles above the ground 40 1 8 mi Not to scale answer to two decimal places as needed Round all intermediate values to four decimal places as needed