a gril looks at a boat fromw a light house at a 25degrees angle the boat is beside some rocks 600 feet from the botem of the light house what is her elevation 1287, 280, 254,
544

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a gril looks at a boat fromw a light house at a 25degrees angle the boat is beside some rocks 600 feet from the botem of the light house  what is her elevation 1287, 280, 254,
 544

anonymous · Answer

can any one help me

campbell_st · Answer

draw a digram with the necessary information

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select a trig ratio 

sin = opposite/hypotenuse
cos= adjacent/hypotenuse
tan = opposite/adjacent

tan(25) = x/600

so 

x = 600* tan(25)

I'll let you evaluate it