document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=160591>Question 160591</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321306899/algebrahomeworkh>Basic Technical Mathematics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The distance from the ground level to the underside of a cloud is called the ceiling.A ground observer 950 m from a searchlight aimed vertically notes that the angle of elevation of the spot of light on a cloud is 76 degrees. What is the ceiling? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #118405 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><B>MathLover1(20850)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MathLover1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=118405\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=angle ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"angle\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=elevation ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"elevation\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of an object as seen by an observer is the angle between the horizontal and the line from the object to the observer's eye (the line of sight).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The distance from the ground level to the underside of a cloud is called the ceiling. A ground observer <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=950+m ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"950+m\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from a searchlight aimed vertically notes that the angle of elevation of the spot of light on a cloud is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=76+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"76+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >degrees. What is the ceiling?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the right-angled triangle ABC,\r<BR>\n" );
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