SOLUTION: Could you please help me ! Ok so the ships captain located a light at an angle of elevation of 35degrees . The light rests atop a 40 foot lighthouse. Find the distance from the shi

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Hi

Let x represent the distance from the ship to the shore

light at an angle of elevation of 35°

  tan35° = opp/adj = 40ft/x

   x = 40ft/tan35° = 57.1259 ft