The crew of a helicopter need to land temporarily in a

Last updated: 2/24/2023

The crew of a helicopter need to land temporarily in a forest and spot a flat horizontal piece of ground a clearing in the forest as a potential landing site but are uncertain whether it is wide enough They make two measurements from A see picture finding a 24 and 53 They rise vertically 100 feet to B and measure y 47 Determine the width of the clearing to the nearest foot ft 184 T HH 100 feet B Y B Ch E clearing