SOLUTION: A ship on the ocean surface detects a sunken ship on the ocean floor at an angle of depression of 50 degrees. The distance between the ship on the surface and the sunken ship on th

Question 452402: A ship on the ocean surface detects a sunken ship on the ocean floor at an angle of depression of 50 degrees. The distance between the ship on the surface and the sunken ship on the ocean floor is 200 meters. If the ocean floor is level in this area, how far above the ocean floor, to the nearest meter is the ship on the surface?
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A ship on the ocean surface detects a sunken ship on the ocean floor at an angle of depression of 50 degrees.
The distance between the ship on the surface and the sunken ship on the ocean floor is 200 meters.
If the ocean floor is level in this area, how far above the ocean floor, to the nearest meter is the ship on the surface?
:
This is a right triangle problem
hypotenuse = 200m
Side opposite of 50 degrees = distance (d) to the ocean floor
sin(50) =
d = sin(50)*200
d = 153.2 ft
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