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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To find the width of a river, a boy places a wooden peg at a point A on one side directly opposite an object B on the opposite bank. From A, he walks 50 m along the bank to a point C. He observes that ACB = 34°. Calculate the width of the river.\r
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To find the width of a river, a boy places a wooden peg at a point A on one side directly opposite an object B on the opposite bank. From A, he walks 50 m along the bank to a point C. He observes that ACB = 34°. Calculate the width of the river.
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw a diagram of this as given. It forms a right triangle ABC.
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the tangent of 34 degrees to find the side opposite (s) = width of the river, side adjacent is given as 50 meters.
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\n" ); document.write( "Tan(34) = s/50
\n" ); document.write( ".6745 = s/50
\n" ); document.write( "s = .7645*50
\n" ); document.write( "s = 33.725 meters
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