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A falcon flying at a height of 200 yards spots a sparrow flying at a height of 150 yards. The location of the sparrow makes an angle of 40° from the horizontal line through the falcon's location. What is the distance x between the falcon and the sparrow? Assume that the ground beneath the birds is level.

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We are given with two heights of the falcon and the sparrow and the angle of elevation and asked to determine the distance between the two birds. The equation becomes tan 40 = 50 / distance where 50 is the difference of height of the two birds. distance between the two is equal to 59.6 yards.  

Answer:78

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