A ship's sonar finds that the angle of depression to a wreck on the bottom of the ocean is 12.5º. If a point on the level ocean floor is 60 meters directly below the ship, how many meters is it from that point on the ocean floor to the wreck? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
A ship's sonar finds that the angle of depression to a wreck on the bottom of the ocean is 12.5º. If a point on the level ocean floor is 60 meters directly below the ship, how many meters is it from that point on the ocean floor to the wreck? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
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Transcribed Image Text:A ship's sonar finds that the angle of depression to a wreck on the bottom
of the ocean is 12.5°. If a point on the level ocean floor is 60 meters
directly below the ship, how many meters is it from that point on the
ocean floor to the wreck? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
careful on this one. The angle of depression is measured from the
horizontal, not the vertical. Sketch this one.
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