A parasailor is being pulled by a boat on Lake Powell. The cable is 330 feet long and the parasailor is 80 feet above the surface of the water. What is the angle of elevation from the boat to the parasailor?

Nick Westgate asked Mar 23, 2022

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Nick Westgate asked Mar 23, 2022

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Sine of angle =80/330
Measure of angle =inverse sine of (80/330)=14 degrees

Yesterdaysfoe answered Mar 27, 2022

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