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A 108 ft tall lighthouse is trying to find a boat stranded at sea that radioed in being 200 ft away. At what angle does the lighthouse need to point it's spotlight downward…

A 108 ft tall lighthouse is trying to find a boat stranded at sea that radioed in being 200 ft away. At what angle does the lighthouse need to point it's spotlight downward…
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A 108 ft tall lighthouse is trying to find a boat stranded at sea that

radioed in being 200 ft away. At what angle does the lighthouse need
to point it's spotlight downward to spot the boat? Round to the nearest
degree

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User Michael Szczesny
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Answer:

28.37 degrees

Explanation:

tan x = 108/200 = 0.54

x = 28.37 degrees.

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User Evereq
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