An airplane takes off at an angle of 75° from its starting point. when the plane has traveled a total distance of 600 feet, its vertical height above the runway to the nearest foot is

Height, h = 580 ft

Explanation:

It is given that,

The distance traveled by the plane, d = 600 feet

The airplane takes off at an angle of 75° from its starting point.

Let h is the vertical height above the runway. It is the trigonometric problem. Let h is the height of the vertical height above the runway. It can be calculated using the trigonometric formula as :

h = 579.55 feet

or

h = 580 ft

So, the vertical height above the runway is 580 feet. Hence, this is the required solution.