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An anchor holding a boat stationary on a river forms a 65 degree angle with the river bottom. The anchor line is 40 meters long. Assuming the river has a uniform depth, how deep is the river directly below the boat?
bobpursley
what is 40Sin65? This is physics? Most folks would call this basic trig functions.

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