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| How do i find how far apart two skiers are, when their angles of depression from a person in a ski lift 20 ft up are 43° and 22°? | |
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| Well first you have to find the tan22°, which is 20/Z. | |
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| Ok. Well if i did my math right, Z equals 49.5. | |
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| Good, now you have to find the tan43° which is 20/X. | |
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| Ok. I got X equals 21.4, is that right? | |
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| Yes, that is correct. Now subtract X from Z to get Y. Y is the distance between the skiers. | |
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