SOLUTION: A boat has to cross a river. It crosses river by making an angle of 60 with bank of river due to stream of river & travels a distance of 600m to reach another side of river. What i

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Question 1052487: A boat has to cross a river. It crosses river by making an angle of 60 with bank of river due to stream of river & travels a distance of 600m to reach another side of river. What is width of river ?
Answer by ikleyn(52818) About Me  (Show Source):
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Right angled triangle with the hypotenuse of 600 m and one angle of 60 degs.


The width of the river is %28600%2Asqrt%283%29%29%2F2 = 300%2Asqrt%283%29.


Use your calculator to get the number.