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When a boy stands on the bank of a river and looks across to the other bank, the angle of depression is 12°. If he climbs to the top of a 10 ft tree and looks across to other bank, the angle of depression is 15°. What is the distance from the first position of the boy to the other bank of the river? How wide is the river? Give your answers to the nearest foot.

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Please look at the scanned picture.

When a boy stands on the bank of a river and looks across to the other bank, the angle-example-1
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