right triangle help!!!!!
An eagle is perched on the apex of a cliff, staring at a rabbit at an angle of depression of 54º.
If the cliff is 175 feet high, how far away is the rabbit from the base of the cliff?
Estimate if neccesary

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right triangle help!!!!!
An eagle is perched on the apex of a cliff, staring at a rabbit at an angle of depression of 54º. 
         If the cliff is 175 feet high, how far away is the rabbit from the base of the cliff?  
Estimate if neccesary

anonymous · Answer

You are going to need a drawing of a triangle-a right angle triangle.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

cos54 = 175/x

175/cos54 = x ... i dont have a calculator to finish it :P

anonymous · Answer

you know that the total angles in a triangle is 180 right?

anonymous · Answer

so to get the 3rd angle, u add 90 to 54 and subtract it from 180

anonymous · Answer

chloe123 thanks I can finish it here
Selorm yes i know that im in 8th grade Honors

anonymous · Answer

where do I lebel the 175 ft

anonymous · Answer

sorry label

anonymous · Answer

175 will be d height

anonymous · Answer

from where the eagle is to the bottom of the cliff :)

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anonymous · Answer

cos theta= adjacent/hypotenus. like Chloe did, ur x = hypotenus. then u se the 3rd angle to get the base= distance away from d cliff

anonymous · Answer

Selorm I have another part to the question

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