A flying squirrel in a typical long glide covers a horizontal distance of 16 m while losing 8.0m of elevation. Angle of the squirrels path below the horizontal? Total distance covered by the squirrel?

Answer 1

Jane

If you draw a triangle showing the situation it is right angled with one side 16, and the other 8.

So angle required is tan^-1 (8/16) [ make sure your calculator is working in degrees ] , and the distance covered is √ (16² + 8²)

Mike