A television camera on a blimp is focused on a football field with an angle of depression of 23.2o. A range finder on the blimp determines that the distance from the blimp to the field is 1740 m. How high is the blimp? _

The high is the blimp is 4065 meter.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A television camera on a blimp is focused on a football field with an angle of depression of 23.2°. A range finder on the blimp determines that the distance from the blimp to the field is 1740 m.

To find : How high is the blimp?

Solution :

Let x be the height in the blimp is the hypotenuse.

The angle of depression is .

The distance from the blimp to the field is 1740 m is the opposite side.

Refer the attached figure below.

Using trigonometric ratios,

Substitute the value,

Therefore, the high is the blimp is 4065 meter.