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A ship's sonar finds that the angle of depression to a wreck on the bottom of the ocean is 15.20. If a point on

the ocean floor is 64 meters directly below the ship, how many meters is it from that point on the ocean
floor to the wreck? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

User Mckenzm
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Answer:

We have

tan 12.5 = 60 / adj rearrange as

adj = 60 / tan 12.5 = about 270.64 m

Explanation:

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