Question

You are standing on a cliff that is 50 m above the ocean and you see a ship that is 950 m from the bottom of the cliff. Find the angle of depression from you to the ship. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.

Answer 1

The cliff makes a right angle with the ocean. The two legs are 50m (the cliff) and 950m (distance on the ocean from the cliff to the ship).

Draw the triangle for that, the rest follows.