SOLUTION: You are hiking along the edge of the Green River. Straight across from you on the opposite shore there is a particularly noticeable boulder at the edge of the river. You walk 120 f

Question 1060764: You are hiking along the edge of the Green River. Straight across from you on the opposite shore there is a particularly noticeable boulder at the edge of the river. You walk 120 feet along the shore of the river, and now the line from you to the boulder makes an angle of 35 degrees with the edge of the river. What is the width of the river?
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You are hiking along the edge of the Green River. Straight across from you on the opposite shore there is a particularly
noticeable boulder at the edge of the river. You walk 120 feet along the shore of the river, and now the line from you
to the boulder makes an angle of 35 degrees with the edge of the river. What is the width of the river?
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The width of the river = 120*tan(35�) feet.

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