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From the top of a light house 210 feet high, the angle of depression of a boat is 27 degrees.Find the distance from the boat to the foot of the lighthouse.The lighthouse was built at sea level.

we're supposed to round the measure of the segments to the nearest hundredth.The answer I got was 66.4.Is this correct?

2007-03-26 16:03:01 · 1 answers · asked by islandgoddess_08 1 in Computers & Internet Other - Computers

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Hmm... Wow, it's been a while, but I got 412.57 ft.!
distance from the boat to the foot of lighthouse = 210/tan(27)

2007-03-26 16:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by A.Samad Shaikh 2 · 0 0

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