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A boat heading out to sea starts out at Point A, at a horizontal distance of 1315 feet
from a lighthouse/the shore. From that point, the boat's crew measures the angle of
elevation to the lighthouse's beacon-light from that point to be 12°. At some later
time, the crew measures the angle of elevation from point B to be 8°. Find the
distance from point A to point B. Round your answer to the nearest foot if
necessary.

A boat heading out to sea starts out at Point A at a horizontal distance of 1315 feet from a lighthousethe shore From that point the boats crew measures the ang class=

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Medunno13

Answer: 674 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]\tan 12^{\circ}=\frac{y}{1315} \\ \\ 1315\tan 12^{\circ}=y[/tex]

[tex]\tan 8^{\circ}=\frac{y}{x+1315} \\ \\ (x+1315)\tan 8^{\circ}=y \\ \\ (x+1315)\tan 8^{\circ}=1315 \tan12^{\circ} \\ \\ x \tan 8^{\circ}+1315 \tan 8^{\circ}=1315 \tan 12^{\circ} \\ \\ x \tan 8^{\circ}=1315 \tan 12^{\circ}-1315 \tan 8^{\circ} \\ \\ x=\frac{1315 \tan 12^{\circ}-1315 \tan 8^{\circ}}{\tan 8^{\circ}} \approx \boxed{674 \text{ ft}}[/tex]

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