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vitfil [10]
3 years ago
10

Melissa sees a lighthouse from her sailboat. She knows the height of the lighthouse is 154 feet. She uses a measuring device and

determines that the angle to the top of the lighthouse from her boat is 35°. How far is the sailboat from the base of the lighthouse?

Mathematics
2 answers:
Alex_Xolod [135]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

219.9  feet to the nearest tenth.

Step-by-step explanation:

Use trigonometry:

tan 35 = opposite / adjacent side

= 154/x

x =  154 / tan35

= 219.93

julsineya [31]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

219.9 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

After looking at pic, cross multiply to get x tan(35)=154

then divide both sides by tan(35) giving x=154/tan(35)

x is approximately 219.9 ft

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