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A boy standing on a vertical cliff, 50m high, is looking down an angle of depression of 20 degrees at a car. How far is the car from the base of the cliff?
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A boy standing on a vertical cliff, 50m high, is looking down an angle of depression of 20 degrees at a car. How far is the car from the base of the cliff?

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Tan20 = h/d = 50/d
d = 50/Tan20 = 137.4 m.
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