You are standing at the edge of a cliff. You look down with an angle of depression of 20 degrees and see a a dog at the bottom that is 130 feet away from where you're standing. What is the height of the cliff? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, and round only once. ft

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ChapterP: Preliminary Concepts
SectionP.CT: Test
Problem 1CT
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You are standing at the edge of a cliff. You look down with an angle of depression of 20 degrees
and see a a dog at the bottom that is 130 feet away from where you're standing. What is the
height of the cliff? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, and round only once.
ft
Transcribed Image Text:You are standing at the edge of a cliff. You look down with an angle of depression of 20 degrees and see a a dog at the bottom that is 130 feet away from where you're standing. What is the height of the cliff? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, and round only once. ft
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