To approach a runaway a plane must be 7 descent starting from the height of 3 miles above the ground. how many miles from the runaway is the airplane at the start of this approach

use SOHCAHTOA 

S = sine

O = opposite edge

H = hypotenuse

T = Tangent

A = adjacent edge

C = cosine.

The extreme is where the runaway is indicated by the hypotenuse is the required distance. Therefore,

sine 7= 3/H

H = 3/sine 7= 24mi

to plot points   for x just start at the origin (middle) and go to the left however many times it say(if the number is a positive) if the number is a negative then go right however many times it says if it is 0 go nowhere

now keep you pencil there and go up however many times it says on y(if it is positive) if it is negative then go down however many times it says. if it says 0 go nowhere.

you have just plotted a point! now when you finish plotting all of them connect them with a ruler

plot each point as (-3, 7), (0,4), (3,1), (8,-4)   in the parenthesis on the left of the comma is x and the right is y.