SOLUTION: Tristinis attempting to dive from an 8 foot diving board into a tube that is located 12 feet from the base of the diving board. What Should be his angle of depression to ensure he
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Question 1106234: Tristinis attempting to dive from an 8 foot diving board into a tube that is located 12 feet from the base of the diving board. What Should be his angle of depression to ensure he hits the tube? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assuming he dives in a straight line, the drop is 8 feet and he goes 12 feet away. The tangent of that angle is 8/12 or 2/3
arc tan (2/3)=33.69 degrees depressed from the horizontal plane of the diving board, ignoring his height.
