SOLUTION: An energy company uses one wellhead to drill several exploratory wells at different angles. They strike oil when they have drilled 10,002 feet along an angle of depression of 32 d

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Question 663822: An energy company uses one wellhead to drill several exploratory wells at different angles. They strike oil when they have drilled 10,002 feet along an angle of depression of 32 degrees. Find the depth of the oil deposit.

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An energy company uses one wellhead to drill several exploratory wells at different angles. They strike oil when they have drilled 10,002 feet along an angle of depression of 32 degrees. Find the depth of the oil deposit.
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Hint: Depth = 10002 times either sine or cosine of 32 degs.
Which is it?
If the angle was 1 deg, it would be slightly less than 10002.
Is that sine or cosine?