A boat heading out to sea starts out at Point A, at a horizontal distance of 819 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 14∘ . At some later time, the crew measures the angle of elevation from point B to be 7∘ . Find the distance from point A to point B. Round your answer to the nearest foot if necessary.

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Answer:

[tex]844\:\text{ft}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

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In any right triangle, the tangent of an angle is equal to its opposite side divided by its adjacent side (o/a).

Therefore, we have the two equations:

[tex]\begin{cases}\tan 14^{\circ}=\frac{h}{819}\\\tan 7^{\circ}=\frac{h}{819+x}\end{cases}[/tex]

Because [tex]h=h[/tex] (reflexive property), we have:

[tex]819\tan 14^{\circ}=\tan 7^{\circ}(819+x)[/tex]

Isolating and solving for [tex]x[/tex]:

[tex]\frac{819+x}{819}=\frac{\tan 14^{\circ}}{\tan 7^{\circ}},\\\\1+\frac{x}{819}=\frac{\tan 14^{\circ}}{\tan 7^{\circ}},\\\\\frac{x}{819}=\frac{\tan 14^{\circ}}{\tan 7^{\circ}}-1,\\\\x=819(\tan 14^{\circ}\cot 7^{\circ}-1),\\\\x=844.07256243\approx \boxed{844\text{ ft}}[/tex]

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