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The angle of depression from the top of Pike’s Peak, at an altitude of 14,000 feet, to the city of Colorado Springs is 8o. The horizontal distance from the city to the peak is 58,000 feet. Find the altitude of Colorado Springs.

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The altitude of Colorado Springs is 6,912 feet.
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