SOLUTION: A helicopter hovers 1100 feet above a small island. The figure shows that the angle of depression from the helicopter to point P is 33 degrees . How far off the coast, to
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Question 1152149: A helicopter hovers 1100 feet above a small island. The figure shows that the angle of depression from the helicopter to point P is 33 degrees . How far off the coast, to the nearest foot, is the island?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Without the figure, the reader could only try to guess. If helicopter is 1100 feet ABOVE the shore, and point P is some distance out at the top surface of the water, then x, the distance from P to the shore of the island is related as .
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