Answer: OPTION C.
Step-by-step explanation:
Observe the triangle ABC attached.
Notice that the angle of depression is represented with .
Knowing that the top of a lighthouse is 260 feet above water and the ship is 270 feet offshore, you can find the value of by using arctangent:
In this case you can identify that:
Therefore, substuting values into , you get that the angle of depression is:
Place a point at (0,-5) because that is the y-intercept (the -5 on the vertical line)
Since the slope is negative two which can be re-written as -2/1 (rise/run) you go down two and to the right once or up two and to the left once, it doesn't matter which. Another point can be placed at (1,-7) or (-3,-1), it still doesn't matter which.
Then you can draw a line connecting the two points.
I hope this helps :)
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