document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1062227>Question 1062227</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An advertising blimp is floating in the sky while tethered, or tied, with a rope to a building below. The angle of depression from the bottom of the blimp to the top of the business is 37°. The horizontal distance from the blimp to the business is 4.5 meters. What is the vertical distance from the business to the blimp? Round to the nearest hundredth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The vertical distance is __________ meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Enter your answer as the correct number, rounded to the nearest hundredth, like this: 42.53 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #677170 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><B>rothauserc(4718)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><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=rothauserc><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=677170\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x be the vertical distance from blimp to the business<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tangent (37) = x / 4.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = tangent (37) * 4.5 = 3.39 meters<BR>\n" );
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