A woman looks down from a hot air balloon. She sees a sheep below and measures the angle of depression as 35°. If the sheep is 125 ft from where the woman is looking down from the balloon, how high off the ground is the balloon? Round to the nearest foot.

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A woman looks down from a hot air balloon. She sees a sheep below and
measures the angle of depression as 35°. If the sheep is 125 ft from where
the woman is looking down from the balloon, how high off the ground is the
balloon? Round to the nearest foot.
Transcribed Image Text:A woman looks down from a hot air balloon. She sees a sheep below and measures the angle of depression as 35°. If the sheep is 125 ft from where the woman is looking down from the balloon, how high off the ground is the balloon? Round to the nearest foot.
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