From the top of a tower 242 feet tall, a worker looks down and sees a car. The angle of depression to the car is 66°. How far is the car from the base of the building?

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Chapter1: Trigonometric Functions
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Problem 1RE: 1. Give the measures of the complement and the supplement of an angle measuring 35°.
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1.) From the top of a tower 242 feet tall, a worker looks down and sees a car. The angle of depression to the car is 66°. How far is the car from the base of the building?

 

2.) A rectangular piece of land is 619.7 feet by 868.4 feet. Find the acute angle made by the diagonal of the rectangle and the longer side of the rectangle.

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