Question
The angle of depression From the top of a 75-foot lighthouse to a ship out in the ocean is 40'. How far is the ship From the lighthous?
Answers
Steve
75/x = tan 40°
I assume you meant 40°, not 40', as that would have
(a) been hard to measure
(b) put the ship well over the horizon
I assume you meant 40°, not 40', as that would have
(a) been hard to measure
(b) put the ship well over the horizon