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OpenStudy (anonymous):

From a boat on the lake, the angle of elevation to the top of a cliff is 14°28'. If the base of the cliff is 743 feet from the boat, how high is the cliff (to the nearest foot)?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hint: It's the tangent relationship!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answer choices 195 ft 192 ft 205 ft 202 ft

OpenStudy (anonymous):

tangent=opp/adj

OpenStudy (anonymous):

would it be 205?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i mean 192??

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

draw a picture |dw:1354918507666:dw| and the question is asking you to find the opposite side given an adjacent side so use tan

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