SOLUTION: Can you help me with this word problem: A murder of crows are passing over some corn fields. They spot some crickets and grasshoppers feasting on the corn, some 500 feet below. Th

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Question 200544: Can you help me with this word problem:
A murder of crows are passing over some corn fields. They spot some crickets and grasshoppers feasting on the corn, some 500 feet below. The angle of depression is 30 degrees.How high up are the crows?
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The short leg of a 30°-60°-90° triangle is one-half the measure of the hypotenuse.

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