SOLUTION: Hi, I had this question. Though I have tried to use maybe Sine Law and I'm sure it is absolutely not Cosine Law. I am not sure if I have drawn the right diagram for this question..

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Question 1168056: Hi, I had this question. Though I have tried to use maybe Sine Law and I'm sure it is absolutely not Cosine Law. I am not sure if I have drawn the right diagram for this question... Thank you.
From the top of a cliff 92.9 m above a stream the angle of depression to a point on the near shore is 48.5 degrees and to a point on the far shore is 37.9 degrees find the width of the stream between these two points.

Answer by ikleyn(52810) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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NEITHER Sine law NOR Cosine law is relevant.

Use the tangent function.