A person is standing on a cliff that is 200ft above a body of water. The person looks down at an angle of depression of 42° at a sailboat. Then the person looks at a yacht that is further out at an angle of depression of 15°. What is the distance (in feet) between the sailboat and the yacht? (Round to the nearest foot)

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A person is standing on a cliff that is 200ft above a body
of water. The person looks down at an angle of
depression of 42° at a sailboat. Then the person looks at
a yacht that is further out at an angle of depression of
15°. What is the distance (in feet) between the sailboat
and the yacht? (Round to the nearest foot)
Transcribed Image Text:A person is standing on a cliff that is 200ft above a body of water. The person looks down at an angle of depression of 42° at a sailboat. Then the person looks at a yacht that is further out at an angle of depression of 15°. What is the distance (in feet) between the sailboat and the yacht? (Round to the nearest foot)
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