document.write( "Question 1203442: The sonar of a navy cruiser, sailing on the surface of the ocean, detects a submarine that is 4000 feet (measured in a straight line distance) from the cruiser. The angle of depression from the cruiser to the submarine is 31.2 °.\r
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document.write( "How deep is the submarine? Round to the nearest tenth.\r
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document.write( "What is its horizontal distance from the navy cruiser to the submarine? Round to the nearest tenth.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #839010 by josgarithmetic(39628) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Drawing and labeling the figure is not complicated. From there, you have simple trigonometry which should be easily interpreted.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "for the horizontal distance h, hypotenuse straight line distance 4000, you have \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d, for how deep:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How DEEP is the submarine?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ".\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " |