help?!? An observer (O) spots a bird flying at a 55° angle from a line drawn horizontal to its nest. If the distance from the observer (O) to the bird (B) is 15,000 ft., how far is the bird (B) from its nest (N)?(will give medal)

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anonymous · Answer

8604 feet

 12,287 feet

 18,366 feet

 21,422 feet

anonymous · Answer

Sin (angle) = Adjacent side / Hypotenuse

You have the angle and you have the length of the hypotenuse, so....

anonymous · Answer

will i use the Pythagorean therom

anonymous · Answer

No, that's not necessary here. This is trigonometry: You've learnt about sin/cos/tan before, right?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

Do you know how they work?

anonymous · Answer

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