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OpenStudy (anonymous):

WILL MEDAL AND FAN A surveyor is measuring the distance across a small lake. He has set up his transit on one side of the lake 100 feet from a piling that is directly across from a pier on the other side of the lake. From his​ transit, the angle between the piling and the pier is 55°. What is the distance between the piling and the pier to the nearest​ foot?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

greeeeeeeeeeeeeen

OpenStudy (anonymous):

green?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Nevermind I got the answer

OpenStudy (igreenhacked):

distance = 130 feet * tan 55 deg = 186 feet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

91 feet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

green? ;-;

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