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A boat heading out to sea starts out at Point A, at a horizontal distance of 1465 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 13º. 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.

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By using what we know about right triangles, we will see that the distance is 1479.4 ft

How to find the distance between point A and point B?

We assume that the distance between the points is a hypotenuse of a right triangle whit one of the angles measuring 8°, and the adjacent cathetus measuring 1465 ft.

Then we use the relation:

Cos(a) = (adjacent cath)/(hypotenuse)

cos(8°) = (1465 ft)/(distance)

distance = (1465ft)/cos(8°) = 1479.4 ft

If you want to learn more about right triangles, you can read:

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