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  16 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

The problem can be modeled by a right triangle with one angle of 7° and the side opposite being 10,000 ft. The distance needed is the hypotenuse of the triangle, so the relevant trig relation is ...

  Sin = Opposite/Hypotenuse

  Hypotenuse = Opposite/Sin

  air distance = (10,000 ft)/sin(7°) ≈ 82,055 ft

At 5,280 ft per mile, that is ...

  (82,055 ft)/(5,280 ft/mi) ≈ 15.54 mi

The plane's air distance to the airport is about 16 miles.

step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus