can u help me with the word problem? Michael is watching a boat from the top of a lighthouse. The boat is approaching the lighthouse directly. When Michael first notices the boat, his angle of depression to the boat is 21°. Later, the boat has stopped and his angle of depression to the boat is 57°. Michael’s elevation / eye level is 200 feet above the surface of the water. How far did the boat travel from when Michael first noticed it to the time it stopped?
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.
can u help me with the word problem? Michael is watching a boat from the top of a lighthouse. The boat is approaching the lighthouse directly.
When Michael first notices the boat, his angle of depression to the boat is 21°. Later, the boat has stopped and his angle of depression to the boat is 57°. Michael’s elevation / eye level is 200 feet above the surface of the water. How far did the boat travel from when Michael first noticed it to the time it
stopped?
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