Sighting from a helicopter:A helicopter hovered at an altitude that is 1000 feet above a mountain peak of altitude 5210 feet A second taller peak is viewed from both the mountaintop and helicopter. From the helicopter, the angle of depression is 43 and from the mountaintop, the angle of elevation is 18 how far apart are the mountain peak? What is the altitude of the taller peak?

Respuesta :

We can conclude that the the two peaks are 816.11 feet apart, and the altitude of the taller peak is 5475.17 feet.

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