document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=272686>Question 272686</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A boat is 1000 meters from a cliff. If the angle of depression from the top of the cliff to the boat is 15 degrees, how tall is the cliff? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Angle of depression = 15 degrees\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sides containing the right angle <BR>\n" );
document.write( "One side is the distance and the other side is the height\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tan 15 = height / distance from cliff\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tan 15 = height / 1000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Height = 1000 * tan 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  =  1000 * 0.8559\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "855.9 meters is the height </SPAN>\n" );
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