document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974975>Question 974975</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A zip line starts at a platform in a tree, and decends into the forest with an angle of depression of 3.7 degrees. The zip line reaches a lower platform at a distance of 150 feet from the tree (measured horizontally). How much higher is the starting platform above the ending platform? Round to the nearest foot. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #596797 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=596797\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The depression is opposite and the horizontal distance is adjacent.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the tangent, and tan 3.7= depression/150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "150*tan 3.7=depression\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10 feet. (9.7) </SPAN>\n" );
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