SOLUTION: A person standing on the rooftop of a building 21m tall,looks down at a car parked 10m away from the base of the building,calculate the angle of depression between the person's eye

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Question 1186487: A person standing on the rooftop of a building 21m tall,looks down at a car parked 10m away from the base of the building,calculate the angle of depression between the person's eye level and line of sight to the nearest degree.
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Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A person standing on the rooftop of a building 21m tall,looks down at a car parked 10m away from the base of the building,calculate the angle of depression between the person's eye level and line of sight to the nearest degree.
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Hint: It's a right triangle.
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The person's eye level is not given.

Answer by ikleyn(52903)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In this case, the line of depression is the same as the line of sight,

in common understanding of the terms used.


So,  it is unclear,  which difference  " between "  these two angles/conceptions would you like to discern.



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