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Xochitl spots an airplane on radar that is currently approaching in a straight line, and that will fly directly overhead. The plane maintains a constant altitude of 7425 feet. Xochitl initially measures an angle of elevation of 
19^(@) to the plane at point 
A. At some later time, she measures an angle of elevation of 
37^(@) to the plane at point 
B. Find the distance the plane traveled from point 
A to point 
B. Round your answer to the nearest foot if necessary.

Xochitl spots an airplane on radar that is currently approaching in a straight line, and that will fly directly overhead. The plane maintains a constant altitude of 74257425 feet. Xochitl initially measures an angle of elevation of 19 19^{\circ} to the plane at point A A . At some later time, she measures an angle of elevation of 37 37^{\circ} to the plane at point B B . Find the distance the plane traveled from point A A to point B B . Round your answer to the nearest foot if necessary.

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Q. Xochitl spots an airplane on radar that is currently approaching in a straight line, and that will fly directly overhead. The plane maintains a constant altitude of 74257425 feet. Xochitl initially measures an angle of elevation of 19 19^{\circ} to the plane at point A A . At some later time, she measures an angle of elevation of 37 37^{\circ} to the plane at point B B . Find the distance the plane traveled from point A A to point B B . Round your answer to the nearest foot if necessary.
  1. Identify Problem and Values: Step 11: Identify the problem and known values.\newlineWe know the altitude of the plane is 74257425 feet, and the angles of elevation from points A and B are 1919 degrees and 3737 degrees, respectively.
  2. Use Tangent Function: Step 22: Use the tangent function to find the distances from Xochitl to the plane at points A and B.\newlineFor point A: tan(19°)=7425distanceA\tan(19°) = \frac{7425}{\text{distance}_A}\newlinedistanceA=7425tan(19°)\text{distance}_A = \frac{7425}{\tan(19°)}\newlinedistanceA74250.344=21599\text{distance}_A \approx \frac{7425}{0.344} = 21599 feet (approximately)\newlineFor point B: tan(37°)=7425distanceB\tan(37°) = \frac{7425}{\text{distance}_B}\newlinedistanceB=7425tan(37°)\text{distance}_B = \frac{7425}{\tan(37°)}\newlinedistanceB74250.753=9867\text{distance}_B \approx \frac{7425}{0.753} = 9867 feet (approximately)
  3. Calculate Distance Traveled: Step 33: Calculate the distance the plane traveled from point A to point B.\newlineDistance traveled = distanceAdistanceB\text{distance}_A - \text{distance}_B\newlineDistance traveled = 2159921599 feet - 98679867 feet\newlineDistance traveled = 1173211732 feet

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