
Trigonometry (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134217437
Author: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
Publisher: PEARSON
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Transcribed Image Text:A helicopter is flying in the air, in-between an aircraft carrier and a navy destroyer, as
seen in the following picture:
Helicopter
59.0 772
7620 feet
Aircraft
carrier
Navy
destroyer
Using the given information, find the distance from the helicopter to the aircraft
carrier, rounded to the nearest foot.
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