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A balloon flying at 3000 feet above the ocean measures the angles of depression of each end of an island directly in front of the balloon to be 75. 8° and 15. 6°. What is the length of the island to the nearest tenth of a mile?.

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Answer:     Distance to close end of island is 3000/tan(75.8); distance to far end is 3000/tan(15.6). The difference is 9985.676 feet or about 1.9 miles.

Explanation:  2 explanation Balloon, flying or levitating, has no front to recon with, so two possible answers.

tan(90–15.6)+or-tan(90–75.08) * 3000= length of island

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