document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1046071>Question 1046071</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A boat is 4500 metres from the base of a cliff. The angle of depression from the top of the cliff to the boat is 32 degrees. Find the height of the cliff.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|----32 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is the same as the angle of elevation from the boat to the top of the cliff.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The tangent is opposite over adjacent, where opposite is the height of the cliff and adjacent is 4500m.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan 32=x/4500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=4500 tan 32=2811.91 or 2812 m.<BR>\n" );
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