A building is 429 feet tall and is positioned 900 feet inland from the shore. A person in a boat in the ocean directly in front of the building looks at the top of the building and measure the angle of elevation as 5º. How far is the boat offshore? (to the nearest foot)
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Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
A building is 429 feet tall and is positioned 900 feet inland from the shore. A person in a boat in the ocean directly in front of the building looks at the top of the building and measure the angle of elevation as 5º. How far is the boat offshore? (to the nearest foot)
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