SOLUTION: From the top of a lighthouse 139 ft above the surface of the water, the angle of depression of a boat is observed to be 29.4 degrees . Find the horizontal distance from the boat to
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Question 906370: From the top of a lighthouse 139 ft above the surface of the water, the angle of depression of a boat is observed to be 29.4 degrees . Find the horizontal distance from the boat to the lighthouse.
Work to three significant digits.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have degrees and
so,in ABC we have
than,
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