An airplane is sighted due cast from a radar station at an elevation of 40 degrees on a height of 8000m and later at an elevation of 35 degrees, and height 5500m in a direction of E70'S. IF it is descending  uniformly, find the angle of descent if the time between two observations is 45 S.

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An airplane is sighted due cast from a radar station at an elevation of 40 degrees on a height of 8000m and later at an elevation of 35 degrees, and height 5500m in a direction of E70'S. IF it is descending  uniformly, find the angle of descent if the time between two observations is 45 S.

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