A person is watching a car from the top of a building. The car is traveling on a straight road away from thebuilding. When first noticed, the angle of depression to the car is 45°56′. When the car stops, the angle ofdepression is 22°34′. The building is 270 feet tall. How far did the car travel from when it was first noticeduntil it stopped? Round to the nearest foot.
Ratios
A ratio is a comparison between two numbers of the same kind. It represents how many times one number contains another. It also represents how small or large one number is compared to the other.
Trigonometric Ratios
Trigonometric ratios give values of trigonometric functions. It always deals with triangles that have one angle measuring 90 degrees. These triangles are right-angled. We take the ratio of sides of these triangles.
A person is watching a car from the top of a building. The car is traveling on a straight road away from thebuilding. When first noticed, the
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