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Given:
Height of the lighthouse = 280 feet
The angle of depression from the top of the lighthouse to a ship = 18°.
To find:
The distance between boat and shore.
Solution:
Draw a diagram by using the given information.
In a right angle triangle,
In triangle ABC,
Using a calculator, we get
Therefore, the boat is 862 feet away from shore.
