SOLUTION: The angle of elevation from a boat to the top of a 70 m high coastal hotel is 10 degrees? How far from the coast is the ball?

Question 1020144: The angle of elevation from a boat to the top of a 70 m high coastal hotel is 10 degrees? How far from the coast is the ball?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From the ball, I don't know.
From the boat, the distance to the hotel is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
The side opposite the angle of elevation is the vertical distance, 70m.

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