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End A cruise ship is 1480 feet from a light house off a Caribbean Island. If the angle of elevation from the cruise ship to the top of the light house is 4º, what is the height of the lighthouse? Round
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A cruise ship is 1480 feet from a light house off a Caribbean Island.
If the angle of elevation from the cruise ship to the top of the light
house is 4º, what is the height of the lighthouse? Round to the
nearest whole foot.
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Answer:
104 feet
Explanation:
To get the
height
of the lighthouse, we need to take the
sine
function of the angle
sin4° = 0.07
sin4° = h/1480
⇒ h/1480 = 0.07
⇒ h = 1480 x 0.07
⇒ h = 103.6
⇒ h =
104 feet
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