Subha P.

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Honors Geometry

An Aerial Camera Is Suspended From A Blimp And Positioned At D. The Camera Needs To Cover 125 Meters Of Ground Distance. If The Camera Hangs 10 Meters Below The Blimp And The Blimp Attachment Is 20 Meters In Length, At What Altitude From D To B Should The Camera Be Flown?



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Where is B located? Is the 125 meters linear or an area? Review post for accuracy.
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Another question: Does the problem ASSUME that the earth is flat for purposes of calculation or must the curvature of the earth be taken into consideration?
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Howard A. answered • 06/14/23

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One of the most important things to learn while taking Honors Geometry is the importance of providing a figure. This question begs for a figure to provide clarification. Searching online yielded a wonderful figure for this question at https://brainly.com/question/12900642


Now we can see that ΔCAD∼ΔFED with a scale factor of 125/20, or 6.25. The two altitudes will be of the same ratio. This means that BD = 6.25(10) = 62.5 m. I hope that this helps and if you have any other questions please contact me directly.

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