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43 A rescue boat on the ocean surface detects a sunken ship on the ocean floor. The sunken
ship makes an angle of 55° with the surface.
The distance between the rescue boat and
the sunken ship is 250 m.

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Using the slope concept, it is found that the ship is sunken at a depth of 357 meters.

What is a slope?

The slope is given by the vertical change divided by the horizontal change, and it's also the tangent of the angle of depression.

In this problem:

  • The vertical change is the depth d.
  • The horizontal change is of 250 m.
  • The angle is of 55º.

Hence, applying the slope:

[tex]\tan{55^\circ} = \frac{d}{250}[/tex]

[tex]d = 250\tan{55^\circ}[/tex]

[tex]d = 357[/tex]

The ship is sunken at a depth of 357 meters.

More can be learned about the slope concept at https://brainly.com/question/18090623

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