The distance from a boat to a lighthouse is 100 feet and the lighthouse is 120 feet tall. What is the angle of depression from the top of the lighthouse to the boat?

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The distance from a boat to a lighthouse is 100 feet and the lighthouse is 120 feet tall. What is the angle of depression from the top of the lighthouse to the boat?

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The distance from a boat to a lighthouse is 100 feet and the lighthouse is 120
feet tall. What is the angle of depression from the top of the lighthouse to the
boat?
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