document.write( "Question 280034: From the top of a 210 ft lighthouse, the angle of depression to a ship in the ocean is 21 degrees. How far is the ship from the base of the lighthouse to the nearest tenth of a foot? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "From the top of a 210 ft lighthouse, the angle of depression to a ship in the ocean is 21 degrees. How far is the ship from the base\r\n" );
document.write( "of the lighthouse to the nearest tenth of a foot?\r\n" );
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document.write( "This author is applalled, looking at some of these \"people's\" responses. Certain things make absolutely NO SENSE!! \r\n" );
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document.write( "The smaller acute angle is , and is obviously opposite the SHORTER LEG. This  makes the SHORTER LEG the HEIGHT of the lighthouse,\r\n" );
document.write( "at 210 feet. This means that the LONGER leg, which is opposite the LARGER ACUTE ANGLE, will be the DISTANCE from the ship to the base of the\r\n" );
document.write( "lighthouse. \r\n" );
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document.write( "As that this is a FACT, how come the other \"person\" responds with an answer of 140 feet for the DISTANCE from the ship to the base of the\r\n" );
document.write( "lighthouse, when the length of this LEG should be GREATER than 210 feet? This makes absolutely NO SENSE. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Do these \"people\" ever check or just use common sense to determine if their answers make sense? Obvioulsly NOT!!

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