SOLUTION: I feel stupid. A friend asked for help solving the below question, but I haven't had math in a while and am not sure of my answer. Here goes... A sailboat is 120ft from the sh

Question 3369: I feel stupid. A friend asked for help solving the below question, but I haven't had math in a while and am not sure of my answer. Here goes...
A sailboat is 120ft from the shore. The lighthouse is 60ft from the shore. The lighthouse is 75ft tall. How deep is the water?
Thanks in advance.
Byron
Found 2 solutions by longjonsilver, Blessed:
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sorry? What sort of question is that?

Please re-word it, ie depth where? But anyhow, would knowing stuff that you quoted help in any way to find a depth of water?

Jon

Answer by Blessed(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

sailboat 120 n
__________ = =

lighthouse 60 75

120 9000
* 75 _______
_________ 60n =300
9000
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