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An observatory is 150 feet high. When a person is standing in the observatory looking at an island, the angle of depression is 25 degrees . What is the approximate horizontal distance from the observatory to the island?
The picture shows a right-angled triangle. The length of the opposite side is 150 ft. A dotted horizontal line (Observatory) touches the top vertex. The angle of the left vertex (Island) and the outer angle of the top vertex is 25 degrees.
A. 322 ft
B. 355 ft
C. 166 ft
D. 70 ft
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A. 322 ft
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