Question

from the top of a vertical 186 foot cliff the angle of depression of a boat is 13 degrees(angle of depression is measured downward from horizontal) how far is the boat from the observer at the top of the cliff?
So you need the length of the hypotenuse

sin 13° = 186/x
x = 186/sin13° = 826.8 ft

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