Ask a New Question

Question

From the top of a lighthouse 120 m above the sea, the angle of
depression of a boat is 15°. How far is the boat from the lighthouse?
Provide an Illustration.
4 years ago

Answers

oobleck
Draw the diagram. It should be clear that
120/x = tan15°
4 years ago

Related Questions

From the top of a lighthouse 210 feet high, the angle if depression to a boat is 27 degress. Find th... From the top of a lighthouse 210 feet high, the angle of depression to a boat is 27 degress. Find th... From the top of a lighthouse 75 feet high, the cosine of the angle of depression of a boat out at s... From the top of a lighthouse 55ft above sea level, the angle of depression to a small boat is 11.3 d... A lighthouse that rises 46.0 ft above the surface of the water sits on a rocky cliff that... It is 4.7km from Lighthouse A to Port B. The bearing of the port from the lighthouse is N73E. A ship... a lighthouse is 1 km from the shoreline and revolves at 10 pi radians a minute what is the speed of...
Ask a New Question
Archives Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use