Chapter 9.10, Problem 10PSB

To determine

To find:The depth of the submarine.

Answer to Problem 10PSB

The depth of the submarine is $d=500\text{ m}$

Explanation of Solution

Given information:The following information has been given

Distance of submarine is $500\text{ m}$

The angle of depression is ${37}^0$

Formula used:No formula used. Values have been found from trigonometric tables in the book

Calculation:We need to find the value of depression, say d , hence we find this value from the table of trigonometric values. Thus, we get

  $\sin {37}^0=\frac{d}{500\text{ m}}=\frac{3}{5}$

Hence, we can say that

  $d=500\text{ m}$