SOLUTION: A bird is flying at a height of 2 meters above the ground. The horizontal distance along the ground from the bird to a birdbath is 4 meters. What is the angle of depression from th

Question 1062229: A bird is flying at a height of 2 meters above the ground. The horizontal distance along the ground from the bird to a birdbath is 4 meters. What is the angle of depression from the bird to the birdbath, rounded to the nearest tenth of a degree?
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26.6�
63.4�
60.0�
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39629) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bird to ground directly below, 2 meters;
That point directly below, along the ground, to the birdpath, 4 meters.
Angle below the bird, 90 degree.
Angle from the bird to the nearest point of the birdpath to the point directly below the bird, some angle x.

or .

26.6 degrees
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