55 A woman looks down from a hot air balloon. She sees a sheep below and measures the angle of depression as 35°. If the sheep is 125 ft from where the woman is looking down from the balloon, how high off the ground is the balloon? Round to the nearest foot.

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tan tan (610)=
103.5
99.22
55
A woman looks down from a hot air balloon. She sees a sheep below and
measures the angle of depression as 35°. If the sheep is 125 ft from where Sn
the woman is looking down from the balloon, how high off the ground is the
balloon? Round to the nearest foot.
125
125,tan35°
125
135
87.52
(Next four problems - final answers to the nearest tenth.)
88
Transcribed Image Text:tan tan (610)= 103.5 99.22 55 A woman looks down from a hot air balloon. She sees a sheep below and measures the angle of depression as 35°. If the sheep is 125 ft from where Sn the woman is looking down from the balloon, how high off the ground is the balloon? Round to the nearest foot. 125 125,tan35° 125 135 87.52 (Next four problems - final answers to the nearest tenth.) 88
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