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In the figure below, a highway rest area (at D) and radar stations (at A and B) lie on a level east-west line; A is 9,000 feet due west of D. An airplane (at C) is shown directly above the rest area, flying due west at a constant speed of 300 feet per second and at a constant altitude of12,000 feet. The airplane is located at a straight-line distance of 15,000 feet from the radar station at A and 13,000 feet from the radar station at B.When considering the changing triangle formed by A, B, and the moving airplane (C), which of the angles below increases in measure as the airplane flies due west beyond the point directly above A ?  I. ∠𝐴II. ∠𝐵III.

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In the figure below, a highway rest area (at D) and radar stations (at A and B) lie on a level east-west line; A is 9,000 feet due west of D. An airplane (at C) is shown directly above the rest area, flying due west at a constant speed of 300 feet per second and at a constant altitude of12,000 feet. The airplane is located at a straight-line distance of 15,000 feet from the radar station at A and 13,000 feet from the radar station at B.When considering the changing triangle formed by A, B, and the moving airplane (C), which of the angles below increases in measure as the airplane flies due west beyond the point directly above A ?  I. ∠𝐴II. ∠𝐵III.

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The angle that increases in measure as the airplane flies due west beyond the point directly above A is ∠𝐵.

Here's why:

As the airplane moves westward, it is moving away from B and closer to A. This means that the distance between the airplane and B is increasing, while the distance between the airplane and A is decreasing.

In a triangle, the size of an angle is directly related to the length of the opposite side. So, as the airplane moves westward, the side of the triangle opposite ∠𝐵 (the distance between the airplane and A) is getting shorter, and the side of the triangle opposite ∠𝐴 (the distance between the airplane and B) is getting longer.

Therefore, ∠𝐵 is increasing in size as the airplane moves westward.

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