An aerial camera is suspended from a blimp positioned at point D. It hangs at an altitude of 125 meters. If the camera hangs 10 meters below the blimp and the blimp attachment is 20 meters in length, how much ground distance from A to C can the aerial camera cover?

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An aerial camera is suspended from a blimp positioned at point D. It hangs at an altitude of 125 meters. If the camera hangs 10 meters below the blimp and the blimp attachment is 20 meters in length, how much ground distance from A to C can the aerial camera cover?

A blimp over triangle EDF with height of 10 meters and FE equals 20 meters and triangle ADC with height of 125 meters and ground distance AC. Triangles share point D.

62.5 m
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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
1 month ago

Using similar triangles, we can set up a proportion to find the ground distance from A to C.

Let x be the ground distance from A to C.

(125 + 10) / 20 = 125 / x

Solving for x:

135/20 = 125/x
x = (20 * 125) / 135
x = 18.52 meters

Therefore, the ground distance from A to C that the aerial camera can cover is approximately 18.52 meters.

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