Could someone check my work?
A 200-foot cliff drops vertically into the ocean. The angle of elevation from a ship to the top of the cliff is 22.3 degrees. How far offshore, to the nearest foot, is the ship?
Tan(22.3) = 200ft/x
xtan(22.3)=200ft
x=200/tan(22.3)
x=487.65
Answer: 488 feet
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Wrong answer but here’s the right one. (* is multiplication)
tan= o/a
tan 22.3= x/200
200 * tan 22.3 = 82.026 = 82
tan= o/a
tan 22.3= x/200
200 * tan 22.3 = 82.026 = 82
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