Samuel is at the top of the tower and will ride down a zip line to a lower tower. The total vertical drop of the zip line is 40ft. The zip line's angle of elevation from the lower tower is 11.5° . To the nearest tenth, what is the horizontal distance between the towers?

Aplane is taking off from bangladesh headed to new york city. at the same time, a plane from new york city is headed to bangladesh is also taking off. the plane bound to new york city is traveling at 600 mph, while the plane traveling to bangladesh is traveling at 400 mph. how far from new york city will the two planes meet if the distance between new york city and bangladesh is 8,000 miles?