Keith and Luke are hiking in the mountains. Keith is on one side of a swinging bridge and Luke is on the other side of the 300ft swinging bridge.  They each spot a boat in the river below at an angle of depression of 53°.  How far are they from the boat in the river, rounded to one decimal place? Answer step-by-steps.

Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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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. Keith and Luke are hiking in the mountains. Keith is on one side of a swinging bridge and Luke is on the other side of the 300ft swinging bridge.  They each spot a boat in the river below at an angle of depression of 53°.  How far are they from the boat in the river, rounded to one decimal place? Answer step-by-steps.
  2. Two radar stations are 10 km apart and they are tracking a low-flying airplane.  The straight-line distance from the first radar station to the airplane is 7.5 km and the straight-line distance between the second radar station to the airplane is 7 km.  To the nearest degree, what is the angle of elevation from the first radar station to the plane? Answer step-by-steps.
  3. Three sides of a triangle are 20 cm, 30 cm, and 40 cm.  What is the largest angle of the triangle to the nearest degree? Answer step-by-steps.
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