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From the top of a lighthouse 145 ft above sea level, the angle of depression of a boat is 29°. How far is the boat from the lighthouse?
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- planimetrics
- right triangle
- triangle
- basic functions
- percentages
- goniometry and trigonometry
- tangent
- cotangent
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