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Finding the Distance to Shore The Willis Tower in chicago is 1454 feet tall and is situated about 1 mile inland from the shore of Lake Michigan, as indicated in the figure on the top right. An observer in a pleasure boat on the lake directly in front of the Willis Tower looks at the top of the tower and measures the angle of elevation as . How far offshore is the boat?
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