Determine 8202
An observer watches two boats at depth angles of 64° and 48° from the top of the hill, which is 75 m above the lake level. Determine the distance between the boats if both boats and the observer are in the same vertical plane.
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- right triangle
- triangle
- The Law of Cosines
- The Law of Sines
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