A surveyor sights on a survey marker that is 132.3m distant. She needed to turn her transit (her survey instrument) 75° to sight on a second survey marker. She knows that from the second marker, the angle between the line of site from her own position and the first marker is 68°. How far is she from the second marker?
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
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 surveyor sights on a survey marker that is 132.3m distant. She needed to turn her transit (her survey instrument) 75° to sight on a second survey marker. She knows that from the second marker, the angle between the line of site from her own position and the first marker is 68°. How far is she from the second marker?
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