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A boat is sailing and spots a shipwreck 530 feet below the water. A diver jumps from the boat and swims 735 feet to reach the wreck. What is the angle of depression from the boat to the shipwreck?

Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction

4th Edition

ISBN:9781285463247

Author:David Poole

Publisher:David Poole

Chapter1: Vectors

Section1.4: Applications

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A boat is sailing and spots a shipwreck 530 feet below the water. A diver jumps from the boat and swims 735 feet to reach the wreck. What is the angle of depression from the boat to the shipwreck?

Figure in plane geometry formed by two rays or lines that share a common endpoint, called the vertex. The angle is measured in degrees using a protractor. The different types of angles are acute, obtuse, right, straight, and reflex.

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