Question

The captain of a boat knows that a lighthouse on the coast is 100 ft. tall. If he measures the angle of elevation to be 2 degrees, how far is the boat from the shore?

Answer 1

Answer and Step-by-step explanation:

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Use tangent to find the x.

tan(2) = $\frac{100}{x}$

$x = \frac{100}{tan(2)}$

Use a calculator to evaluate.

$x = \frac{100}{tan(2)}$ = 2863.6253

So, the boat is 2,863.63 feet from the shore.

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