
San P.
asked 07/16/21PLEASE HELP ME TODAY ON MY HOMEWORK ITS DUE SOON.
Question:
Two walls of a canyon form the walls of a steady flowing river. From a point on the shorter wall, the angle of elevation to the top of the opposing wall is 20° and the angle of depression to the bottom of the opposing wall is 260 feet. Using the appropriate right triangle solving strategies, solve for the following: (Do not round intermediate calculated values. Only the final answer should be rounded to one decimal place.)
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the height of the short wall (x)
the height of the tall wall (y)
the distance between the canyon walls (z)
x = ___ feet
y = ___ feet
z = ___ feet
Provided image: ibb.co/vvF1Hcy
Reason for asking: My reason for asking is because I have many questions like this on my homework sheet but the problem is I don't know how to answer them. I was/am hoping that someone would answer the question and go over the steps so that I can understand and try to use it in my other questions. I tried to use SOHCAHTOA but I'm not sure about it.
Due: Today
Thanks for the help.
1 Expert Answer

Jason D. answered 07/16/21
30+ years of experience teaching in Universities colleges and schools
You repeated this question. I answered it in the other version.
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