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Chapter 1, Problem 53P

A surveyor measures the distance across a straight river by the following method: starting directly across from a tree on the opposite bank, he walks x = 1.00 × 102 m along the riverbank to establish a baseline. Then he sights across to the tree. The angle from his baseline lo the tree is θ = 35.0° (Fig. P1.53). How wide is the river?

Chapter 1, Problem 53P, A surveyor measures the distance across a straight river by the following method: starting directly

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