A helicopter is hovering 500 feet over point Q on an island. The pilot sights point P on the coast at an angle of declination of 36° . Find the distance}from point Q to point P to the nearest tenth of a foot.

A helicopter is hovering 500 feet over point Q on an island. The pilot sights point P on the coast at an angle of declination of 36° . Find the distance}from point Q to point P to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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Author:Charles P. McKeague, Mark D. Turner

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Chapter1: The Six Trigonometric Functions

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