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A contractor building an airport needs to know how far a water tower is away from

end of the runway. Using her diagram below can you determine how far away the
water tower is?

A contractor building an airport needs to know how far a water tower is away from-example-1

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Answer:

B.

Explanation:

tan(82)= X/100

100•[tan(82)]= [X/100] •100 Multiply each side by 100 to get the X by itself on the right side

X= to 711.537

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