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The captain of a ship sights the top of a lighthouse at an angle of 12 degrees The captain knows that the lighthouse is 24m above sea level What is the distance from the ship to the lighthouse?
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∙ 15y ago
X = 24 / (tan 12o) X = 112.9111 m In a right angled triangle, the lighthouse is the opposite the distance between the ship and lighthouse is the base and the hypotenuse is the captain looking at the top of the lighthouse it is 400.9675876
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