Homework Help: Precalc/Trig Word Problem

Posted by Greg on Monday, October 8, 2012 at 9:12am.

From the top of a 200-ft lighthouse, the angle of depression to a ship in the ocean is 23 degrees. How far is the ship from the base of the lighthouse?

Precalc/Trig Word Problem - Reiny, Monday, October 8, 2012 at 9:29am
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