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Jen is on the platform of her boat. She sights the top of a lighthouse at an angle of 30º as shown below. She knows that the height of the lighthouse is 50 meters.


How far is Jen from the base of the lighthouse, in meters?

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The distance Jen is from the base of the lighthouse is 86.6 meters.

Trigonometric ratio is used to show the relationship between the sides of a and angles of a right angled triangle.

Let d represent the distance Jen is from the base of the lighthouse.

Using trigonometric ratios:

[tex]tan(30)=\frac{50}{d} \\\\d=\frac{50}{tan(30)} \\\\d=86.6\ m[/tex]

The distance Jen is from the base of the lighthouse is 86.6 meters.

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