To indirectly measure the distance across a river, Audrey stands on one side of theriver and uses sight-lines to a landmark on the opposite bank. Audrey draws thediagram below to show the lengths and angles that she measured. Find PR, thedistance across the river. Round your answer to the nearest foot.180 ft130 ft250 ftC(Diagram is not to scale.)Answer:ft.Submit Answerattempt i out of 3Privacy Policy Terms of ServiceCopyright © 2021 DeltaMath.com. All Rights Reserved.stvMacBook Air8088F4escF1DOF3F9@%23$&148.QWEYASFGJKVMVBCI

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Chapter12: Multiplication Of Decimal Fractions

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Problem 14A: The length, L, of the point on any standard 82° included angle drill can be calculated using the...

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