Brice

Mathematics

6 February, 12:22

Looking up, Ravi sees two hot air balloons in the sky as shown. He determines that the lower hot air balloon is 700 meters away, at an angle of 38° from the

vertical. The higher hot air balloon is 1050 meters away, at an angle of 26° from the vertical. How much higher is the balloon on the right than the balloon on

the left?

Do not round any intermediate computations. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Note that the figure below is not drawn to scale.

X

5

?

950 meters

26°

700 meters