document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=390193>Question 390193</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man standing on top of a building sees an automobile on a street below him.The angle of depression is 26degrees 22'.If his eye is 550 ft above the level of the automoile, how far is the automobile for him.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #276635 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=276635\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man standing on top of a building sees an automobile on a street below him.The angle of depression is 26degrees 22'.If his eye is 550 ft above the level of the automoile, how far is the automobile for him.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "draw a sketch<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a rectangle ABCD<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A man<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B vertical point below the man<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C= car position<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D = vertical position above car in line with A<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have to find length AC.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "angle DAC = angle of depression = 26deg.22'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this is = angle ACB . alternate angles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sine angle ACB = vertical / hypotenuse (AC)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sine 26 degrees 22 minutes = 550/AC<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AC = 550/sine 26 degrees 22 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AC = 1238 feet<BR>\n" );
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