Two birds sit at the top of two different trees that are both 29.7 feet tall. The distance between the first bird and a bird watcher on the ground is 42.1 feet.
What is the angle measure, or angle of depression, between this bird and the bird watcher?

Question

Two birds sit at the top of two different trees that are both 29.7 feet tall. The distance between the first bird and a bird watcher on the ground is 42.1 feet. 
What is the angle measure, or angle of depression, between this bird and the bird watcher?

anonymous · Answer

whoa

anonymous · Answer

sorry not sure bout this one

anonymous · Answer

Do you know what 'angle of depression' is ?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, its like angle going down

ash2326 · Answer

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Here B1 and B2 are the two birds, W is the bird watcher
A= angle of depression
We have 42.1 as the hypotenuse and 29.7 as the base for angle A, Can you find angle A using trigonometry?