A scuba diver located
feet below the surface of the water.
Scuba diver spots a shipwreck at an angle of depression is
.
Scuba diver descending to a point
feet above the ocean floor.
The angle of depression of scuba diver from
feet above the ocean floor is
.
Consider distance from the shipwreck to the point on the ocean floor as
.
Consider distance between point
feet below sea level to the point
feet above the ocean floor as
.
Draw a diagram using above information.
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Find the depth of the shipwreck.
\From the smaller right angle triangle,
\The acute for the smaller right angle triangle is
.
The length of opposite side is
feet.
The length of adjacent side is
feet.
Trigonometric function :
.


From the larger right angle triangle.
\The acute for the smaller right angle triangle is
.
The length of opposite side is
feet.
The length of adjacent side is
feet.
Trigonometric function :
.

Substitute the value of equation (1) in the above equation.
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.
Depth of the shipwreck is
feet.
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Depth of the shipwreck is
feet.