Question

A wire is tied from the top of one tower to the top of another. The angle of depression from the top

to the top of the taller tower to the top of the shorter tower is 37 degrees. If the wire is 100 feet long, find the
distance between the towers.

Answer 1

Check the picture below.

let's recall that the "gray" angle of depression is equals to its alternate interior angle of elevation in "blue".

make sure your calculator is in Degree mode.