Illustrate,label and solve the problem.the angle of depression of boat A from the top of a cliff which is 24"15'.the angle of depression of boat B from the same point is 18"12".find the distance between the two boats.

Answer 1

So draw the diagram and review your basic trig functions.
You will notice that it is impossible to solve, since you don't give the height of the cliff. But, if the angles of boats A and B are a and b, and the height is h, then you can find the distance x between the boats using
x = h cot(b) - h cot(a)