Question: Solve the following problem showing your work as explained above. Do not take shortcuts. Review your work before submitting it and ask yourself can someone

Solve the following problem showing your work as explained above. Do not take shortcuts. Review your work before submitting it and ask yourself can someone tell what problem Im solving and how I did it?
Problem Statement: A student is in a stationary hot-air balloon that is momentarily fixed at 1325 ft above a piece of land. The pilot looks down 60o (from horizontal) and turns laterally 360o.
Find:
a) How many acres of land are contained by the cone created by his/her line of sight?
b) How high would the balloon be if, using the same procedure, an area four times greater is encompassed?

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