A forest ranger spots a fire from a 28-foot tower. The angle of depression from the tower to the fire is 11 .

To the nearest foot, how far is the fire from the base of the tower? Show the steps you use to find the solution.

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A forest ranger spots a fire from a 28-foot tower. The angle of depression from the tower to the fire is 11 .
	
	To the nearest foot, how far is the fire from the base of the tower? Show the steps you use to find the solution.

anonymous · Answer

The answer would be, in terms of tangent because you got the opposite over the adjacent
 28tan(11) which is approximately 5.443 ft or 5ft

anonymous · Answer

AWSOME THANK U SO MUCH  I am terrible at math

anonymous · Answer

No problem, (: