A blimp provides aerial television views of a tennis game. The television camera sights the stadium at an 18° angle of depression. The altitude of the blimp is 400m. What is theline-of-sight distance from the television camera to the base of the stadium? Round to the nearest hundred meters.400 mThe line-of-sight distance is approximately m.

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Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

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Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

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