Question

Find the distance between the park ranger and the watchtower given the information in the picture below.

Answer 1

Check the picture below.

`\tan(40^o )=\cfrac{\stackrel{opposite}{45}}{\underset{adjacent}{x}} \implies x\tan(40^o)=45\implies x=\cfrac{45}{\tan(40^o)}\implies x\approx 53.63ft`

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