SOLUTION: Dolores is on a bridge that is 45 feet above a lake. She sees a boat at a angle of depression. What is Delores’s approximate horizontal distance from the boat?
A. 26 fee
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Question 600149: Dolores is on a bridge that is 45 feet above a lake. She sees a boat at a angle of depression. What is Delores’s approximate horizontal distance from the boat?
A. 26 feet
B. 32 feet
C. 90 feet
D. 78 feet
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Dolores is on a bridge that is 45 feet above a lake. She sees a boat at a angle of depression. What is Delores’s approximate horizontal distance from the boat?
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d = horiz distance
tan(angle) = 45/d
d = 45/tan(angle) feet
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