SOLUTION: From a balloon 760 feet high, the angle of depression to the ranger headquarters is 89°18'. How far is the headquarters from a point on the ground directly below the balloon (to th
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Question 1015678: From a balloon 760 feet high, the angle of depression to the ranger headquarters is 89°18'. How far is the headquarters from a point on the ground directly below the balloon (to the nearest foot)? Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If you diagram it you find you need the tangent relationship...18' = .3 degrees...
tan 89.3 = 760 / x
so that
x = 182.3 feet
