As viewed from a cliff 340 ft above sea level a ship is 450 feet from the shore what is the angle of depression from the cliff to the ship on the water below
angle depression= angle of elevation To get the angle of depression we use the formula: tan x=opposite/adjacent where x is the angle of elavation opposite is the height of the cliff adjacent is the distance of the ship from the shore thus tan x=340/450 tan x=34/45 x=arctan 34/45 x=37.07 hence the angle of elevation= angle of depression=37.1°
