can someone please answer this.. i really dont know where to start... please kindly provide an illustration :) tnx
From the top of a tower, 380.5 ft above sea level, the angle of depression of a boat which has a bearing of N 70.4 degrees E was observed and found to be 32.6 degrees. Another boat, bearing S 19.6 degrees E, had an angle of depression of 16.9 degrees. Find the distance between the boats.

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can someone please answer this.. i really dont know where to start... please kindly provide an illustration :) tnx
From the top of a tower, 380.5 ft above sea level, the angle of depression of a boat which has a bearing of N 70.4 degrees E was observed and found to be 32.6 degrees. Another boat, bearing S 19.6 degrees E, had an angle of depression of 16.9 degrees. Find the distance between the boats.

irishboy123 · Answer

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does this help.

you should first work out hw far each boat is away from the tower using the tower's height and the elevantion - then you can find out how far apart they are from this drawing.

hope this is helpful.