*44. While a helicopter hovers 1000 ft above the water, its pilotspies a man in a lifeboat through an angle of depression of28°. Along a straight line, a rescue boat can also be seenthrough an angle of depression of 14°. How far is the rescueboat from the lifeboat?14°28°

Let the point on water level vertically below the helicopter be P. Let the helicopter, lifeboat and…

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*44. While a helicopter hovers 1000 ft above the water, its pilot spies a man in a lifeboat through an angle of depression of 28°. Along a straight line, a rescue boat can also be seen through an angle of depression of 14°. How far is the rescue boat from the lifeboat? 14° 28°