SOLUTION: dolores is on a bridge that is 5o ft above a lake. she sees a boat at a 30 degree angle of depression. what is doloress horizontal distance from the boat?
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Question 465044: dolores is on a bridge that is 5o ft above a lake. she sees a boat at a 30 degree angle of depression. what is doloress horizontal distance from the boat? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
30-60-90 right triangle. Short leg is the vertical distance from Dolores' height of eye to the water below. Sides are in proportion . So if the short leg is 50 feet, then the hypotenuse is 100 feet and the long leg (the desired distance) is
And next time, show Dolores a little respect -- capitalize her name.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
