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Nick and Michelle are searching for a treasure chest underwater. The straight line distance between them is 100 meters. Given the angles in the diagram, who is closers to the chest and why ?

Nick and Michelle are searching for a treasure chest underwater. The straight line-example-1
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Answer:

Michelle is closer to the treasure chest.

Explanation:

If you didn't know, the smallest angle is opposite the smallest line, and it goes the same way for larger angles.

65 degrees is opposite Michelle's line, making her line shorter.

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