The whale is at a depth 120 feet below the sea level.
Step-by-step explanation:
A grey whale is cruising at a depth of 233 feet below sea level. The depth below the sea level has the negative position, thus the initial position of the whale is -233.
It rises 73 feet, the position of the whale becomes 73 feet higher. This means we should add 73.
Then it comes up another 40 feet, so we need to add 40.
Mathematically,
The whale is at a depth 120 feet below the sea level.
For a right triangle, the sine of an angle is the ratio of the length of the side opposite to it and the hypotenuse and the its cosine is the ratio between the side adjacent to it and the hypotenuse. From the given choices, the angle being referred to is letter B. 45°.