SOLUTION: You are measuring the width of the river. You place a stake on one side of the river, directly across from a rock and walk 100 meters to the right of the stake and measure a '79' a

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Question 1167087: You are measuring the width of the river. You place a stake on one side of the river, directly across from a rock and walk 100 meters to the right of the stake and measure a '79' angle between the stake and the rock. Draw a sketch and find the width of the river to the nearest tenth?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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here's your sketch and your answer.



the two horizontal lines represent the banks of the river.

the river is in between the two horizontal lines.

the distance is 514.5 meters between the rock and the stake, rounded to the nearest tenth.